05 - HEALTH    D - PRIVATE HOSPITAL

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 DC-05-D-01  WINTERBOURNE HOSPITA  Edge of Town 1993 32 65  Tuesday  22/05/90
   DORCHESTER            

 
SITE: The population figures shown were from a survey carried out by Dorset County Council in 1987, and the car ownershi

 
WINTERBOURNE HOSPITAL: This hospital is open 365 days a year.
Of the 100 employees, 40 are full time and 60 are part time.
There are no outpatients, maternity or nursing home units on this site.
Approximately 44 consultants/doctors use the hospital.
Staff shifts begin at 0730 and finish at 2100, visitors usually leave the hospital by 2100, and consultants visit between 0800

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 DC-05-D-02  WINTERBOURNE HOSPITA  Edge of Town 2224 38 80  Saturday  15/06/02
   DORCHESTER          Sunday  16/06/02
             Monday  17/06/02

 
SITE: This site is located at the southern edge of Dorchester, just off the A35(T), which heads west and
north-east, by-passing the town. The site is close to the A354, which heads north (as the B3147) into the
centre of Dorchester and south towards Weymouth. Other local roads head south towards the village of
Winterbourne Herringston and north towards the town centre.
To the south of the site is open land, whilst in other directions there is residential development. At the site's
western boundary are railway lines heading north and south.
The Hail & Ride bus route runs from the north of the site (on Herringston Road) to the town centre.
The site has a main entrance and a delivery entrance, both off Herringston Road.
Population figures were taken from the Dorset Data Book 2002, and the car ownership figure was taken
from the 1991 Census.

 
WINTERBOURNE HOSPITAL: This is a BMI Healthcare hospital. Facilities include out patients clinics (including a
physiotherapy section), and a fertility unit which opened in 1996. Since the previous survey in
1990, the hospital has been extended. This has increased the Gross Floor Area and the number
of beds. The number of staff has also increased.
Nursing shifts are generally 0700-1430, 1330-2100, and 2100-0800. Reception and admin staff
work from around 0900 to 1700, and caretaker/security working hours are 2200-0830.
Some 65 consultants use the hospital and generally visit between 0800 and 2200. There are no
admin staff at weekends, just reception staff.
The opening times shown are for clinics. Visiting times are open, and visitors usually leave by
2100. Occasionally there are clinics on Sunday mornings, but not on the Sunday during these
surveys.
Of the 140 employees, 60 are full time and 80 are part time.
Off-site parking takes place on-street on Herrington Road, adjacent to the delivery entrance at
the site. There is space for approximately 8 cars, and any parking of this nature (for the use of
the hospital) is included in the survey counts. On weekdays, staff are fined if they park in the
visitors car park. The staff car park is usually over capacity during the week, hence the need to
park on the street outside.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 GL-05-D-01  WELLINGTON HOSPITAL (  Edge of Town Centre 5700 100 18  Thursday  13/06/02
   ST JOHNS WOOD  MULTI-MODAL          

 
SITE: This site is located north-west from the centre of London, in St Johns Wood, which is close to the western
edge of Regents Park, and north of Lords cricket ground. It is on the busy A41(T) Wellington Road, which
heads south-east towards Marylebone and north towards Hampstead. Routes to all other parts of London
can be found nearby.
Residential streets can be found on either side of Wellington Road.
The site is accessed by all modes from Circus Road, at the side of the building.
St Johns Wood Underground station is close to the site, on the Wellington Road just north of the hospital,
and there are two bus stops close to the site, one on either side of Circus Road at the side of the site.

 
WELLINGTON HOSPITAL (NORTH): The Wellington Hospital is one of the largest purpose-built private hospitals in the UK,
all the resources of a first class general hospital. The hospital, which has two sites, is a
multi-specialty hospital. Across the two sites it has a total of 266 beds (100 at the North site),
including 15 for intensive care patients and 11 operating theatres. The hospital is supported by
a full range of diagnostic services which include full radiological assessment, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Spinal Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning, pathology
services, physiotherapy, day care, and in-patient care. 24-hour Resident Medical Officers
(RMO's) are in attendance, with specialist RMO's in areas such as ICU and Acute Stroke.
The opening hours shown are clinic and visiting times.
Parking is limited at both sites, with only space for deliveries and some consultant parking. The
nearest National Car Park is in Kingsmill Terrace, and on cricket-free days, Lords offers parking
facilities. There are also parking metres in the streets surrounding the hospital. All on-site and
off-site parking for use of the site is included in the survey.
On the day of the survey a security guard was on duty until around 1500 controlling parking at
the site.
Off-site parking is usually available in a consultants car park across the road (10 spaces) from the site building, but during t
accessible for hospital parking. There are 2 spaces outside the hospital for disabled parking
and deliveries, which were included in this survey.
Inter-site trips, of which there were many, between North and South sites, were excluded from this survey count. The two sit
shared.
The nearest similar site is the Wellington Hospital (South), which is only 400 metres away.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 GL-05-D-02  BMI LONDON INDEPENDE  Neighbourhood Centr 11000 102 52  Thursday  18/07/02
   STEPNEY GREEN            

 
SITE: This site is located on the A11 Mile End Road, which heads south-west into the centre of the city and
north-east towards Bow. Other local roads head in all directions.
Stepney Green Underground station is to the north of the site, across Mile End Road, and there are two
bus stops next to it (one on either side of Mile End Road).
Residential developments surround the site.

 
BMI LONDON INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL: The London Independent Hospital is part of BMI Healthcare, a network of over 4
nationwide.
The hospital has 102 beds with all rooms offering en-suite facilities, satellite television and
telephone. The hospital has four theatres and an intensive care unit, and offers a wide range of
procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery.
The hospital is open for visiting at any time.
Parking is limited to 52 spaces (under the site building), the majority of which appear to be used by staff. At the site there ar
(these were excluded from the survey).
Some staff park off-site in Beaumont Square (permit holders). There is also a Pay & Display area
in Beaumont Square and meters in the streets surrounding the site. All of this type of parking is included in the survey count
Any OGV's visiting the site park in the general car parking area.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 GM-05-D-01  ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL  Suburban Area 11427 181 260  Sunday  01/03/92
   STOCKPORT          Thursday  27/02/92

 
ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL: This is a seven ward hospital with a separate "clinic", primarily used for consultation, but with so
There is no accident and emergency service at this hospital.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 HC-05-D-01  BUPA HOSPITAL  Free Standing 5412 55 127  Tuesday  16/04/91
   PORTSMOUTH            

 
SITE: The nearest bus route is at least 2 miles away from this site.

 
BUPA HOSPITAL: There is no separation of parking for employees & visitors. There is, however, provision for service vehicl
Provision is also made for disabled drivers within the car park.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 HC-05-D-02  NUFFIELD HOSPITAL  Edge of Town 1892 40 56  Tuesday  04/06/91
   SOUTHAMPTON            

 
SITE: This hospital is located adjacent to junction 11 of the M3, on the edge of an urban area.

 
NUFFIELD HOSPITAL: Physiotherapy and radiology units are located at this hospital.
There is also an outpatients department.
Construction work was in progress at this hospital at the time of this survey. Although there was a separate entrance for con
entrance.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 HF-05-D-01  BUPA HOSPITAL HARPEN  Edge of Town 6600 62 199  Wednesday  13/03/02
   HARPENDEN            

 
SITE: This site is located in Harpenden, 5 miles from the M1, 8 miles from the M25, and 7 and 25 miles from
Luton and Heathrow airports respectively. The rail station is a ten minute drive from the hospital (to the
south of the site), and trains to central London take 30 minutes. The A1081 Luton Road heads north into
Luton and south towards St Albans.
There is light residential development to the south of the site, and a school is located to the west, with a
cemetery to the north-east.
The site has a single access off Ambrose Lane.

 
BUPA HOSPITAL HARPENDEN: BUPA Hospital Harpenden offers the highest quality of medical care and a comprehensive
range of services and facilities. It is accredited by BUPA as a breast care centre and also offers
a unique treatment for long-term sufferers of back and neck pain, as well as a private GP clinic
in the evenings.
There are a total of 62 beds, of which 16 are for day care and 2 are for high dependency, and
there are 52 single private rooms. The hospital offers 16 consulting rooms and 3 operating
theatres, as well as an outpatients unit.
The opening times shown are visiting hours.
Of the 269 employees, 115 are full time and 154 are part time.
Parking also takes place in the access road leading to the site, and on the day of the survey
this started at around 1045. By 1330 there were up to 11 vehicles blocking half the drive. It
appears this is a very busy site for traffic, as people parked in any available space including
the access gaps between disabled bays in the car park. All parking was included in the count.
There are no specified OGV parking spaces/loading bays, and any OGV's visiting the site park
outside the hospital building within the site.
The nearest similar site is a BUPA hospital in Bushey, Watford.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 KC-05-D-01  SOMERFIELD PRIVATE HO  Suburban Area 4330 44 120  Monday  24/06/02
   MAIDSTONE  MULTI-MODAL          

 
SITE: This site is located north-west of Maidstone town centre, on the busy main A20 London Road, which
heads north-west towards Junction 5 of the M20 motorway and north-west then west towards West
Malling. It also heads a short distance south-east towards the town centre and the junction with the A26, and routes towards
The site has a single access for all modes off the A20, and is in a mainly residential area. Residential
developments are at the northern, western, southern and eastern boundaries of the site. To the north-east
are superstores and a school. Further to the east are railway lines heading east and west, and there is also
a rail station.
Bus stops are located at the site access.

 
SOMERFIELD PRIVATE HOSPITAL (BUPA): This BUPA hospital operates a full 24-hour service.
Of the 141 employees, 90 are full time and 51 are part time.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 LN-05-D-01  LINCOLN NUFFIELD HOSPI  Edge of Town Centre 3287 40 53  Thursday  05/09/02
   LINCOLN  MULTI-MODAL          

 
SITE: This site is located to the north of the centre of Lincoln, with a single vehcile access off Nettleham Road,
which heads north-east towards the St Giles area of Lincoln and then out of the city via the B1182, and
south-west towards the centre of the city. Other local roads head in all directions.
There are 4 bus stops within 400 metres of the site, to the south and north of the hospital on Nettleham
Road (one on each side of the road in each case).
The site is surrounded by various types of light development including a school and playing field at its
north-western boundary, some residential development to the east across Nettleham Road, a cemetary and
tennis courts to the south-east, and various other developments to the south.
The site has a second access for pedestrians at the side of the building, which although was not
monitored during this survey, was not used much at all.

 
LINCOLN NUFFIELD HOSPITAL: The opening times shown are clinic times. The visiting times are 24-hours per day.
Of the 132 employees, 59 are full time and 73 are part time.
In addition to the parking spaces shown, the hospital hires 20 spaces for staff use in a nearby
private car park, which closes at 1800. Trips using this car park are included in this survey.
A side door used by physiotherapy patients was not monitored by this survey. However, the
hospital have informed that only 4 patients entered and exited the site by this entrance during
the count period.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 NI-05-D-01  ULSTER INDEPENDENT CL  Suburban Area 5800 48 123  Thursday  30/05/02
   BELFAST            

 
SITE: This site is located near the southern edge of Belfast, close to the A3, which heads north-east into the
centre of Belfast and south-west away from the city towards Lisburn. The M1 motorway is also close by, to
the west of the site.
The site is in a suburban residential area, with light residential development in all directions. To the east of
the site is a bus terminus, playing fields are to the west, and further to the north-east is a college.
There are four bus stops close to the site, two on either side of Malone Road.

 
ULSTER INDEPENDENT CLINIC: This site is used by all the major health insurance companies.
Of the 48 beds, 15 are reserved for day surgery.
Recommended visiting times are 1000-1200, 1500-1700, and 1900-2130.
The site operates an out patients clinic during the hours of 0830-1800 (Mondays and Fridays)
and 0830-2100 (Tuesdays to Thursdays). Clinics are undertaken by consultants in medical,
general, gynaecology, neurology, paediatrics, dermatology, ophthalmology and ENT. Other
clinics are held in coloposcopy, pain relief, audiology, health screening and well woman
screening, radiology and physiotherapy.
Consultants visit the hospital daily, and 24 hour medical care is available on site.
There are no OGV parking spaces/loading bays, so any OGV's entering and exiting the site
have to park in general parking areas.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 SC-05-D-01  ASHTEAD HOSPITAL  Edge of Town 5000 67 178  Monday  26/10/92
   ASHTEAD            

 
SITE: This hospital is located on the A24 Leatherhead by-pass, at the edge of Ashtead Village, near M25 junction 9 (Leathe
Plenty of buses stop near the hospital, but there are no direct routes.
A railway station is located about 20 minutes walk from the site.

 
ASHTEAD HOSPITAL: The hospital includes an outpatients department.
Of the 164 employees, 63 are full time and 101 are part time.
Of the 178 parking spaces, 152 are public spaces and 26 are employees/service spaces.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 SR-05-D-01  KINGS PARK HOSPITAL  Edge of Town 1582 24 26  Tuesday  21/02/95
   STIRLING          Sunday  26/02/95
             Thursday  02/03/95

 
SITE: There are 4 buses/trains per day to the site itself, and there are 35 per day to within a reasonable walking distance of

 
KINGS PARK HOSPITAL: There are 6 or 7 doctors within this hospital.
The opening times shown are the desired visiting hours.
The hospital contains an out patients unit.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 WM-05-D-01  THE PRIORY HOSPITAL  Suburban Area 6800 100 184  Thursday  15/06/00
   BIRMINGHAM            

 
SITE: This site is located in Edgbaston, approximately 2 kilometres to the south-west edge of Birmingham City
Centre. Nearby roads lead north into the City Centre, and southwards out of Birmingham.
A golf course is located directly to the west of the site, and Edgbaston cricket ground is a short distance to
the east, as is Cannon Hill Park. There are extensive (and very exclusive) residential areas between the
site and Birmingham City Centre. The site is surrounded by a mix of land uses including residential, secular,
leisure and educational.

 
THE PRIORY HOSPITAL: The priory offers the following services: assisted conception, a cancer centre, cardial surgery,
eye surgery, cosmetic surgery, health screening, joint replacement, and a sports injury centre.
There is no accident and emergency department at this hospital.
There are no formal visiting hours at the hospital, but most visitors tend to arrive up to 1930 and
depart between 2000 and 2100. In addition to this, certain work shifts end at 2000.
Of the 561 employees, 219 are full time and 342 are part time.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 WO-05-D-01  BUPA SOUTH BANK HOSPI  Suburban Area 2140 41 124  Friday  01/03/02
   WORCESTER          Saturday  02/03/02
             Sunday  03/03/02

 
SITE: This site was re-surveyed by a multi-modal count (see above).
The site is located off the A38 Bath Road, close to the southern edge of Worcester. The A38 runs
parallel with the M5, which heads north into Birmingham and south to the junction of the M50. Other local
routes are the A44 to Leominster (westbound) and the A422 and A46 to Stratford Upon Avon (eastbound).
The site has a single access off Bath Road, in a lightly built-up area. Two bus stops are outside the site
(one on either side of the road), and opposite the site there are houses. A main residential area lies to the
south of the site.

 
BUPA SOUTH BANK HOSPITAL: This site is an acute BUPA private hospital. The site has 7 consulting rooms and 4 operati
theatres, and its clinics include allery, back pain, breast, continence, diet, food, hearing,
hypertension, knee, menopause, pain, sports injury, vascular, and vasectomy. The site has a
website which can be visited at www.bupahospitals.co.uk/southbank.
The opening times shown are for clinics. The hospital is a 24-hour operation.
In addition to the 140 employees shown there are an additional "70" non-contract "bank" staff.
On a typical day there are around 100 employees on-site.
On the day of the survey 25 of the 41 beds were in use.
Parking was originally underprovided and has only recently been increased by 40 spaces.
Additional parking is available locally on-street (adjacent to the site entrance on Bath Road), but
this was not used during this survey.
The nearest similar site is in Droitwich Spa.

 
Site Ref Site Location GFA (m2) BEDS Spaces Survey Day Date
 WO-05-D-02  BUPA SOUTH BANK HOSPI  Suburban Area 2140 41 124  Thursday  05/09/02
   WORCESTER  MULTI-MODAL          

 
SITE: This site is a multi-modal re-survey of a previous traffic count (see above).
The site is located off the A38 Bath Road, close to the southern edge of Worcester. The A38 runs parallel
with the M5, which heads north into Birmingham and south to the junction of the M50. Other local routes
are the A44 to Leominster (westbound) and the A422 and A46 to Stratford Upon Avon (eastbound).
The site has a single access off Bath Road, in a lightly built-up area. Two bus stops are outside the site
(one on either side of the road), and opposite the site there are houses. A main residential area lies to the
south of the site.

 
BUPA SOUTH BANK HOSPITAL: This site is an acute BUPA private hospital. The site has 7 consulting rooms and 4 operati
theatres, and its clinics include allery, back pain, breast, continence, diet, food, hearing,
hypertension, knee, menopause, pain, sports injury, vascular, and vasectomy. The site has a
website which can be visited at www.bupahospitals.co.uk/southbank.
The opening times shown are for clinics. The hospital is a 24-hour operation.
In addition to the 140 employees shown there are an additional 70 non-contract "bank" staff.
On a typical day there are around 100 employees on-site.
Parking was originally underprovided and has only recently been increased by 40 spaces.
Additional parking is available locally on-street (adjacent to the site entrance on Bath Road), but
any such parking was excluded from this survey.
Although there is 1 specified OGV loading bay at the site a second OGV may possibly park in a
non-specified area within the site.
The nearest similar site is in Droitwich Spa.

   
 
   
 
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