Car Sharing in the NHS Douglas McIntosh Travel Plan and Systems Manager NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Who are NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde?
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has: 45,000 members of staff; 10 Acute hospital sites; Hundreds of Medical Centres; A population of 1.2 million; Huge gulfs in social demographics; Huge reliance on cars!
Why did we need people to share their journeys? Introduction of Managed Car Parking Policy; Congestion on large hospital sites; Congestion in Greater Glasgow area; Genuine attempt to help people save money
What did we do? Approached Liftshare to provide options; Engaged with Staff Side reps; Used postcode information to target specific hospitals first; Peppered all sites with leaflets; Held Roadshows at all sites; Ran competitions for new members; Practiced what we preached!
Challenges Shift Patterns; Rural Locations; Lack of interest from Staff/Management; Constant service re-design; We were not perfect – we made some mistakes….underestimated strength of opposition!
How we moved on Roadshows – everywhere and anywhere; Expanded the vision; Promote! Promote! Promote! Tell the world!
What next? Continued roadshows; Continued promotion; Senior Management Support Car Share Permit Pilot (Paisley)
Contact Details: Douglas McIntosh