Newmedica Eye Clinic - Gloucester - Aspen

From the North: Continue on the A40 to Gloucester. At Elmbridge Ct, take the 3rd exit onto Cheltenham Rd/B4063. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Estcourt Rd/A38. At the next roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto London Rd/B4063 and then left onto Horton Road. Go over one roundabout and at the next roundabout, take the 1st exit and Newmedica Aspen will be on your right.

From the East: A417 towards Gloucester. At Zoons Court Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A417. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Corinium Ave. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Barnwood Rd/A38. Turn left onto Horton Road, go over one roundabout and at the next roundabout take 1st exit. Newmedica Aspen will be on your right.

From the South: Follow Bristol Rd/B4008, A38 and B4073 to Derby Rd in Gloucester. Continue straight onto Cole Ave/A38 and then continue onto the A38. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Painswick Rd/B4073. Drive 0.3 miles and turn right onto Derby Road. Continue onto Horton Road and take the 3rd exit at the roundabout. Newmedica Aspen will be on your right.

From the West: Take A40 to Tewkesbury Rd/A38 in Longford. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A40. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Tewkesbury Rd/A38. Follow Estcourt Rd/A38 to London Rd/B4063 in Gloucester. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Estcourt Rd/A38. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Estcourt Rd/A38. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto London Rd/B4063. Turn left onto Horton Road. Go over one roundabout and at the next roundabout, take the 1st exit and Newmedica Aspen will be on your right.

If you're having trouble getting to your appointment or surgery, we can help. We offer free transport for NHS cataract patients who need it.

We'll send a private hire vehicle to collect you from your home - early enough to make sure you arrive on time - and then take you back after. It's free of charge to you and to the NHS.

To book, you'll first need to check the eligibility criteria below, and then ask for the service when you book your appointment with us.

To be eligible for the free transport service you must:

1. Be attending Newmedica Gloucester Aspen, Newmedica Gloucester Brighouse or Newmedica Swindon for an appointment, or to receive treatment, for cataract surgery as an NHS patient

2. Have no alternative means of getting to your appointment or treatment, through family, friend, hospital transport, community transport or public transport

3. Live within 40 miles of Newmedica Gloucester Aspen, Newmedica Gloucester Brighouse or Newmedica Swindon

4. Be able to get yourself to and from, and in and out, of the supplied vehicle without assistance, or you're able to provide a carer or family member on the day of the transfer to support you getting to and from, and in and out, of the supplied vehicle.

We'll not be able to provide you with transport if any of the following apply:

1. You need to be transported to a location (including other hospitals) other than Newmedica Gloucester Aspen, Newmedica Gloucester Brighouse or Newmedica Swindon or your home

2. You require specialised equipment during the journey

3. You need to be closely monitored during the journey

4. You have a medical condition or have undergone major surgery (such as an organ transplant) where the potential side effects are likely to require assistance or monitoring during your journey

5. You have a medical condition or disability that could compromise your dignity or cause public concern in a private hire vehicle

6. You have a communicable disease with which travel on public transport or in a private hire vehicle is not advised

7. You have been clinically determined as at risk from using public transport due to being immunocompromised

8. You have cognitive/sensory impairment (such as dementia or some mental health illnesses)

9. You have significant motility/mobility impairment requiring specialised or adapted vehicles

10. You have safeguarding concerns in relation to travelling alone

11. You are unable to access existing free community transport options

12. The private hire company is unable to provide a vehicle due to a lack of available/suitable vehicles

13. Our availability of 20 transports per month have been booked by other suitable patients.