Special bus shuttle service launched for King's Mill Hospital staff

The route will provide crucial transport links for key health workers commuting home from King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield, after their shifts.

The bus will depart from King’s Mill Hospital at the main shift change times to take NHS staff home.

The service is exclusively for NHS staff only, including hospital ancillary workers such as porters and cleaners. The shuttle is not accessible by other members of the public, to ensure that key workers have quick and easy journeys home after their shifts.

Staff will need to show their ID card to indicate to the driver that they are eligible for the service.

The service will run within Mansfield town centre out to areas including Mansfield Woodhouse, Newlands, Ravensdale and Ladybrook and will operate flexibly, stopping in safe places on the main roads that are close to the passengers’ homes.

Drivers will adhere to safety precautions and be conscious of stopping in convenient and well-lit places for NHS staff to alight the bus.

The buses will depart from King’s Mill Hospital in Mansfield main entrance at 15:15, 16:15, 17:15, 18:15, 19:15, 20:15 and 22:15.

Matt Cranwell, managing director of Stagecoach East Midlands, said: “We want to do what we can to help support the fantastic NHS staff who are working tirelessly to protect and care for our communities during these challenging times.

“We are continuing to respond to the latest government advice by updating our services.”