Back to Going into hospital. In a medical emergency, call and ask for an ambulance. You will not have to pay to be taken to hospital in an emergency. A medical emergency is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.
Read about when to call You'll normally be expected to make your own way to hospital if it's not an emergency. Hospital parking can be expensive and limited, and you may not be able to leave your car there overnight. So you may want to ask a friend or relative to take you to hospital and collect you after you've been discharged. You can search for your local hospital to check its parking facilities. Some people are eligible for non-emergency patient transport services PTS.
These services provide free transport to and from hospital for people including:. PTS may not be available in all areas. To find out if you're eligible for PTS and how to access it, you'll need to speak to your GP or the healthcare professional who referred you to hospital. Page last reviewed: 15 May Next review due: 15 May How to organise transport to and from hospital. It depends if it's an emergency or not. In an emergency In a medical emergency, call and ask for an ambulance.
Non-emergency hospital visits You'll normally be expected to make your own way to hospital if it's not an emergency. Non-emergency patient transport services Some people are eligible for non-emergency patient transport services PTS. These services provide free transport to and from hospital for people including: those whose condition means they need additional medical support during their journey those who find it difficult to walk parents or guardians of children who are being transported PTS may not be available in all areas.
