1. Car Sharing in the NHS Douglas McIntosh Travel Plan and Systems Manager NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

2. Who are NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde?

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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!

7. 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!

8. How we moved on Roadshows – everywhere and anywhere; Expanded the vision; Promote! Promote! Promote! Tell the world!

9. What next? Continued roadshows; Continued promotion; Senior Management Support Car Share Permit Pilot (Paisley)

10. Contact Details: Douglas McIntosh Douglas.mcintosh@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 201 4637