How to find us

Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Horfield Road
Bristol
BS2 8ED

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You can download the information below as a patient information leaflet.

Coming to Bristol or travelling to the city centre

If you are coming from outside of Bristol, you can either take a bus to the main Bristol bus station, a train to Bristol Temple Meads, or park at one of the three Park & Ride facilities (Long Ashton, Shirehampton off the Portway, Brislington on the Bath Road).

Parking is free at the Park & Ride and you pay for the bus service (return fares cost around £3.50). All England concessionary travel cards can be used on the Park & Ride for free travel after 9am.

Transport Direct can help you plan your route to the hospital and back. For public transport call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (calls from landlines cost around 10p per minute).

Bristol Dial-a-Ride is a door-to-door bus service for any person who cannot use public transport due to age, mobility or communication impairment. The service operates on weekdays; Monday-Thursday 9am - 5pm and Friday 9am - 4.30pm. The bus fare charged is about the same as public transport. Bristol concessionary passes/travel cards can be used. For more information contact 0845 1301 875 or visit www.bristoldialaride.org.uk

Getting about in Greater Bristol has more information on community and voluntary transport in the Bristol area.

We are very lucky at BHOC to have a voluntary driver who can bring you in or take you home if you live nearby. Please ask at reception for more details, and let us know if you or someone you know wants to volunteer to be a driver! (We are particularly looking for people to cover the end of the day/early evening).

There is a courtesy phone at reception for patients and visitors to book a taxi.

Coming from the bus station, railway station, or centre of Bristol to the BHOC

Many of the Bristol bus routes pass through the city centre. To reach BHOC from the city centre it is necessary to walk up a steep hill, this takes approximately 12 minutes.

If you arrive in the city centre and have mobility needs or difficulty walking, the number 20/21 bus going to Southmead or Westbury-on-Trym stops 20 metres from the hospital main entrance. Ask for the Horfield Road stop.

If you need transport from the centre of Bristol to BHOC there are free hospital shuttle buses from the bus station, railway station, and Cabot Circus shopping centre. Find out more about Cabot Circus parking and the HUBS shuttle bus

Find out more about public and patient transport options.

Coming by car to the BHOC

Parking at the centre is very limited. If a friend or relative is bringing you by car, they may find it easier to drop you off at the main entrance and park somewhere else. There are two patient drop-off and pick-up spaces right next to our main entrance.

If you do come by car, please leave yourself extra time to try and find a space. We recommend parking at Cabot Circus and using the free hospital shuttle bus to BHOC.

Parking is pay-and-display, and costs vary. Current charges (November 2010) range from £3 up to 2 hours to £12 for up to 12 hours.

Disabled badge holders can park in our car park free of charge. Please remember to display your blue badge clearly wherever you park, or you will receive a parking ticket.

You will be ticketed if you park in any of the designated consultant spaces, or ambulance bays. Please note that during 2011 there are additional bays designated for ambulance usage in the BHOC car park. This is due to the closure of Terrell Street affecting ambulance parking at the BRI and BHI. Please check before purchasing a ticket that you are not parked in one of these designated bays.

Help with travel costs

You may be able to reclaim travel costs through the Healthcare Travel Costs scheme, please ask for more information.

If you are on regular treatment, you can buy a weekly season ticket from BHOC main reception. This allows you to park for a week for £3. This does not guarantee you a space in the hospital car park, and you will need to bring change for the ticket machine. Find out more.

Hospital patient transport

Patient transport services are very limited and are only available for patients who have a medical need that requires the support of trained ambulance staff to make a safe journey to and from the hospital, for example:

• patients on stretchers
• patients who need ambulance staff to give oxygen during the journey.

Your eligibility for transport may change during your treatment, if you feel that your circumstances have changed please speak to your doctor or a member of staff.

The eligibility criteria are set by NHS Bristol. More information on hospital patient transport is available from their website.

We are very lucky at BHOC to have a voluntary driver who can bring you in or take you home if you live nearby. Please ask at reception for more details, and let us know if you or someone you know wants to volunteer to be a driver! (We are particularly looking for people to cover the end of the day/early evening).

BHOC@Whitchurch

We provide a satellite treatment unit at Whitchurch Health Centre in the south of Bristol. The centre is on Armada Road, which is just off Oatlands Avenue, Whitchurch. Postcode: BS14 0SU. The number 20 and 21 buses both stop close to the health centre. There is no hospital transport to Whitchurch Health Centre, however there is ample free parking within the surrounding areas.
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