(12 Jul 2021, 10:40 am)Adrian wrote What sort of shift patterns do you think hospital staff are on, to think there needs to be more buses throughout the evening?
I don't know buses around South Tyneside hospital as well as I do with the QEH, but you've actually got 11 buses per hour (each direction) throughout the evening.
X1 = 2ph
56 = 2ph
57 = 2ph
67 = 1ph
93/94 = 2ph
Q1/Q2 = 2ph
Speaking from anecdotal experience of friends/family and hospital shifts, quite often a taxi is the only option for those who don't drive. Even with salary deductions in to Network Travelticket schemes. Shifts just don't always work with public transport.
For those who do drive, car is king.
As an example, just searched a whatsapp chat and there was mention of a 12 hour shift starting at 6am.
He obviously needs to be there in advance (5.30am ish). Despite living on a bus route which would take him within yards of the hospital he works at - there's nothing which can get him to work (or home) for the majority of his shifts.
Another example saw him leave the house at 6, do the 12 hours (plus a little extra) and he got back home at 9.30 the next morning.