About Medi-Car Transport Service
Medi-Car is a community transport service operated by the Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth, which helps provide transport to the people of Nuneaton and Bedworth on medically related journeys.
Our drivers are all volunteers, using their own vehicles and giving their time for free.
Charges
Local journeys - 40 pence for every mile the driver has to cover to undertake the journey.
Non-medical journeys & out of area journeys - 45 pence
Admin charge per journey - 50 pence
Contact Details
Telephone ( 024 ) 7664 0088
Types of Service
Wait and Return
One Way
Two Way
Escort (available on request)
For Service Users
48 Hours Notice
Our drivers need at least 48 hours notice. You need to ring the office for every journey you want for insurance purposes.
What You Need To Tell Us
Name
Phone number
Date and time of the appointment
Approx. length of appointment
Destination
Type of service
Special assistance
- eg: Wheelchairs
- Extra Passengers
- Disabilities
- eg: Wheelchairs
- Extra Passengers
- Disabilities
Regular journey or one off
If you have used the service before
Please note - Children under I6 must be accompanied by an adult.
Recovering Your Costs
lf you are unable to pay the costs of the journey and it is related to your health or social care, you may be entitled to having those costs covered by another agency.
If this is the case could you please ask a representative of the agency to contact us directly (e.g. Social Service Department, Hospital etc.) or ask them to write to us confirming that they will cover your travel costs.
For Volunteer Drivers
To volunteer as a driver you need to:
Be 21+ years old
Have a good driving record
Own a car
Enjoy meeting people
Flexibility
Have a friendly disposition
Our volunteer drivers provide a vital service to people in Nuneaton and Bedworth enabling them to travel to hospitals, doctor's surgery, dentists, opticians or any medically related journeys without having the anxiety and the stress of using public transport.
Thank you for using our service and we hope that you have benefited from it and will continue to use it in the future.