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Voluntary Hospital Transport Scheme

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This Scheme has been in operation since 1985, which was before the Borders General Hospital was built.
Hospital appointments at that time were mostly at Peel Hospital, situated on the far side of Peebles
and difficult to reach without a car.
Initially there were thirty volunteer drivers, some of whom undertook journeys
to the Royal Infirmary or Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
 
Nowadays consultants come to the BGH, so fewer journeys to Edinburgh are required.
 
The Scheme is open to all who live within the three parishes in the Charge.

​Volunteer drivers provide transport to hospitals, dentists and opticians etc,
for people who would otherwise have difficulty in keeping their appointments.

A nominal charge is made for each journey and drivers’ fuel costs are reimbursed.
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  • Home
    • Our Charge >
      • Blythswood Care Shoe Box Appeal
      • Newtown Come and Sing Choir
      • Community Lunch Club
    • St Boswells >
      • Dedications
      • Direction to St Boswells Church
      • Eco Congregation
      • Mission & Outreach
      • Royal British Legion St Boswells
      • Stewardship
      • St Boswells Kirk Session
      • St Boswells Remembrance 2019
      • St Boswells Church History >
        • Church Interior
      • St Boswells Today >
        • St Boswells Church Easter Sunday 2019
      • St Boswells Church Hall
      • St Boswells Church Fund Raising
      • Voluntary Hospital Transport Scheme
      • What's On at St Boswells Church >
        • St Boswells Guild
        • Art Group
        • Craft Group
    • Newtown >
      • Directions to Newtown Church
      • Gallery
      • 150 Gallery
      • 150th Service Gallery
      • Interior
      • Newtown Church History
      • Newtown Remembrance 2019
      • Services
      • Sunday170618
      • What's on at Newtown Church
    • Maxton & Mertoun >
      • Directions to Maxton Kirk
      • Directions to Mertoun Kirk
      • Gallery
      • Maxton & Mertoun Worship
      • Maxton Kirk History
      • Mertoun Kirk History
      • Maxton Kirk through the seasons
      • Maxton Interior
      • Mertoun Interior
      • News from Maxton & Mertoun
  • Worship
    • Children's Worship Page
    • Donate
    • Easter 2021
    • Reflections
  • What's On
    • Lock Down Choir Songs
    • Old Melrose Walks
  • Newsletter
  • Links
  • Past Events
    • Cafe Church
    • Ceilidh Dance
    • Easter
    • Easter Crosses
    • Eco Congregation 2019
    • Farewell to Rev Rachel Wilson
    • Future Focus
    • Harvest
    • Music for Easter
    • Newtown Remembers
    • St Andrew's Day Communion
    • Steeplechase Walk
    • St Boswells Remembers 2018
    • Vine Trust