Improve Parking & Access at the JR and Churchill Hospitals
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Donna Horwood
1 month ago
Make coming to the site less stressful if parking is more straightforward.
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CHRIS holborow
1 month ago
Absolutely Ridiculous is this money to save for BIG BOSSES IE C.EO.s etc
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Rita Sumner
1 month ago
How can hospitals function well if their staff have difficulty getting to work? The Park & Ride car parks are often full
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Linda Hardy
1 month ago
It is not always feasible for staff and patients to use the park and ride. Disabled people in particular need to park near to the hospital.
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Nicola Pigneguy
1 month ago
It is essential to be able to park at the hospital's when you have a disability.
Even the disabled spaces get full, and you find yourself driving round and round just hoping to find a space just anywhere...its a nightmare, it just adding more stress on patients, who are already feeling anxious about their appointments...
The JR has just built a 5 Storey Surgical Elective Centre , but where is the parking for this new facility when the car parks are already at full capacity .
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Lorraine Watling
1 month ago
I have no option but to drive as l live in a village with a once hourly bus service and a valley to negotiate to get to and from the bus stop. I once tried going to the Churchill by bus when l'd had a cancer scare and it involved changing buses and a 3 hour journey each way. This would have been impossible if l'd been really unwell sol need to be able to drive and park at the hospital. I therefore prefer to use The Horton General Hospital in Banbury whenever l can.
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ARIANNA RAMOS
1 month ago
The car park is always full, including disabled spaces, and I have mobility problems, so using my walker from the car park or street to the department is hard for me
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Supporter
1 month ago
Oxford’s hospitals are big and generally have a good reputation, except when it comes to access. Decent parking facilities are vital.
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Supporter
1 month ago
My Dad had to have 2 people accompany him to appointments so we could drop one person with him and the other would have to find a parking space in headington and uber or walk back to the appointment with us.
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Diane Holloway
1 month ago
can miss appointments
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Helen Harris
1 month ago
Can use the bus if dry as use wheelchair and difficult in the wet. Much easier to go by car but there is never any disabled parking free. Have also been let down with buses not turning up or going straight past when there is another non hospitals bus at the bus stop.
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Sandra Sparrowhawk
1 month ago
It is obvious that parking needs to be urgently addressed, ill people need easy access for their treatment. Multi-story is the obvious answer.
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Lisa Cameron
1 month ago
Because it is a joke for both staff and patients
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M B
1 month ago
I have worked at the JR since 1996. I live in the far south of the county, 20 miles each way to work/home. As more & more departments have been developed, more & more parking has disappeared. I have to leave home earlier and earlier to get to work to have a chance to park. Buses don't leave early enough to get to work on time, & don't finish late enough when I finish my shift late in the evening. P&R is not practical for me - I don't think they run often enough or late enough to cover my shifts.
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Geoff Cooper
1 month ago
If unwell or the matter is urgent what are you supposed to do?
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Catherine Henderaon
1 month ago
Not everyone is able to take public transport in Oxford and there is no park and ride facility on the East side at all. Nurses and other hospital staff work anti-social hours too. When will this council realise that most people working in Oxford don’t live in Oxford, they live in the surrounding areas.
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Jean Watson
1 month ago
Patients need to know they can park wt the hospital- going to hospital is stressful enough.
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Lisa Jackson
1 month ago
No one needs any extra stress, trying to park at the hospitals car parks.
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Supporter
1 month ago
On a recent visit to the JR for urgent eye treatment my husband left me and went to park the car. One HOUR later he arrived and had had a devil of a time finding a parking space, ending in 2 arguments with other "parkers", and finally leaving our car on an ambulance bay, because of total lack of space. What is already a stressful situation becomes really frightful and even more stressful for all concerned.
Make coming to the site less stressful if parking is more straightforward.
Absolutely Ridiculous is this money to save for BIG BOSSES IE C.EO.s etc
How can hospitals function well if their staff have difficulty getting to work? The Park & Ride car parks are often full
It is not always feasible for staff and patients to use the park and ride. Disabled people in particular need to park near to the hospital.
It is essential to be able to park at the hospital's when you have a disability. Even the disabled spaces get full, and you find yourself driving round and round just hoping to find a space just anywhere...its a nightmare, it just adding more stress on patients, who are already feeling anxious about their appointments... The JR has just built a 5 Storey Surgical Elective Centre , but where is the parking for this new facility when the car parks are already at full capacity .
I have no option but to drive as l live in a village with a once hourly bus service and a valley to negotiate to get to and from the bus stop. I once tried going to the Churchill by bus when l'd had a cancer scare and it involved changing buses and a 3 hour journey each way. This would have been impossible if l'd been really unwell sol need to be able to drive and park at the hospital. I therefore prefer to use The Horton General Hospital in Banbury whenever l can.
The car park is always full, including disabled spaces, and I have mobility problems, so using my walker from the car park or street to the department is hard for me
Oxford’s hospitals are big and generally have a good reputation, except when it comes to access. Decent parking facilities are vital.
My Dad had to have 2 people accompany him to appointments so we could drop one person with him and the other would have to find a parking space in headington and uber or walk back to the appointment with us.
can miss appointments
Can use the bus if dry as use wheelchair and difficult in the wet. Much easier to go by car but there is never any disabled parking free. Have also been let down with buses not turning up or going straight past when there is another non hospitals bus at the bus stop.
It is obvious that parking needs to be urgently addressed, ill people need easy access for their treatment. Multi-story is the obvious answer.
Because it is a joke for both staff and patients
I have worked at the JR since 1996. I live in the far south of the county, 20 miles each way to work/home. As more & more departments have been developed, more & more parking has disappeared. I have to leave home earlier and earlier to get to work to have a chance to park. Buses don't leave early enough to get to work on time, & don't finish late enough when I finish my shift late in the evening. P&R is not practical for me - I don't think they run often enough or late enough to cover my shifts.
If unwell or the matter is urgent what are you supposed to do?
Not everyone is able to take public transport in Oxford and there is no park and ride facility on the East side at all. Nurses and other hospital staff work anti-social hours too. When will this council realise that most people working in Oxford don’t live in Oxford, they live in the surrounding areas.
Patients need to know they can park wt the hospital- going to hospital is stressful enough.
No one needs any extra stress, trying to park at the hospitals car parks.
On a recent visit to the JR for urgent eye treatment my husband left me and went to park the car. One HOUR later he arrived and had had a devil of a time finding a parking space, ending in 2 arguments with other "parkers", and finally leaving our car on an ambulance bay, because of total lack of space. What is already a stressful situation becomes really frightful and even more stressful for all concerned.
Because it is important to me.