Hospital community car scheme launched in Bridlington

Martin Wallace, 76, from Bridlington is paralysed from the waist down and has other health conditions so needs to visit hospital regularly.

“I’ve got five appointments lined up at the moment, all in different departments,” he said.

“Simply getting up in the morning takes an hour.

“Even when transport arrives, it will take me at least 15 minutes to get into the vehicle because I can’t just jump in.”

Mr Wallace said he often had to wait two hours for regular patient transport and on two recent occasions he was late for his appointments.

He said the community car scheme would make a big difference to his life.

“It would mean I wouldn’t go to bed the previous night worried that it’s all going to go wrong,” he said.