To understand how these proposals will impact on patients travelling to their GP practices an in-depth analysis of distance and travel time was undertaken.
The table below shows the average travel difference for patients getting from their home address to the proposed Health Centre location compared to their previous GP practice site.
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|
Difference in walking distance (miles) |
Difference in walking time (minutes) |
Difference in cycling time (minutes) |
Difference in public transport time (minutes) |
Difference in car journey times (minutes) |
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Foundry 1: Spital Street (next to Sheffield Medical Centre) |
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Burngreave Surgery |
+0.1 |
+3.3 |
+1.1 |
+2.0 |
+1.2 |
|
Sheffield Medical Centre |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.1 |
+0.1 |
|
Foundry 2: Rushby Street |
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Page Hall Medical Centre |
0.0 |
0.1 |
-0.6 |
+1.0 |
+0.2 |
|
Upwell Street Surgery |
-0.1 |
-1.6 |
-0.3 |
-2.1 |
-0.2 |
|
SAPA 1: Concord Sports Centre |
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Firth Park Surgery |
+0.4 |
+5.7 |
+0.5 |
+5.8 |
+1.8 |
|
Shiregreen Medical Centre |
+0.3 |
+5.5 |
+1.7 |
+5.3 |
+2.2 |
|
SAPA 2: Buchanan Road / Wordsworth Avenue |
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The Health Care Surgery |
-0.1 |
-1.3 |
-0.1 |
-1.6 |
-0.7 |
|
Buchanan Road Surgery |
+0.1 |
+2.3 |
+0.6 |
+0.8 |
+0.2 |
|
Margetson Surgery |
+0.4 |
+7.2 |
+2.9 |
+1.2 |
+0.9 |
Across all hubs it is believed that patients would, on average, have to:
- Travel an extra 0.1 mile
- Walk an extra 2.3 minutes
- Cycle an extra 0.6 minutes
- Travel an extra 1.4 minutes by public transport
- Travel an extra 0.7 minutes by car
From their home.
The full analysis is available is available here.
