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WillowTheWhisp, OK, now let's look at this free transport issue. There's a collecting ambulance bus type thing which picks people up from home, takes them to hospital. It goes round to all the houses of all the people it is picking up. It cannot guarantee your arrival time. If you have an appointment at 9am and the ambulance bus doesn't get there until 10:30 what use is that? You'd probably get hassle from the hospital for being late. The transport works in some cases. In many it doesn't. For those that it does work for it is no doubt a Godsend but there are still many people who need to get there before it does and/or are still there and need to get home after it has gone.
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I agree, this form of transport is not a lot of use to patients with 'bowel or waterworks' problems, a disability just as much as the inabillity to walk etc. Blue badges are for any disabled person car owner or not, they can be used in anyones car providing the bearer is in it, or for business on behalf of the holder, ie- collection of prescription or shopping on behalf of the said holder.