Travel and transport

Our progress so far

A Moorfields representative attends the quarterly travel and transport meetings organised by the North Central London ICB. This forum, which is attended by representatives from trusts across the ICB, ensures coordination of travel and transport initiatives and provides opportunities to jointly address challenges, exchange ideas and share experiences.  

Staff travel survey and launch of vehicle lease scheme 

The trust conducted a staff travel survey in 2023 which highlighted the following:  

• Most respondents to the survey (69%) were based at our City Road site or attend that site on a regular basis, however, responses included staff from nearly all our 22 sites. A third of respondents lived outside Greater London.  
• The survey showed that the majority (73%) of Moorfields staff usually travel to work using public transport. Up to 8% of respondents indicated that they use a bike to commute, but bike use was sporadic for some of these; and up to 11% of staff include a walk in their commute. Staff indicated they would be interested in active travel options if safer routes, better facilities (e.g. more showers) and cycle training would be available.  
• Most staff commute for less than an hour to get to work (63%) but 13% of respondents travel more than 90 minutes each way. The median distance travelled was 16 miles per day (when working on site).

As a London trust, we focus on active travel and public transport and the trust already has a number of initiatives to encourage staff to travel to work sustainably, including a Cycle to Work scheme; season ticket loan scheme; our staff bike user group, EyeBike; and a car lease scheme for hybrid and electric vehicles only. Based on the survey results, the trust will continue to promote active and sustainable travel to staff.  

In 2024, we implemented a vehicle sacrifice scheme for hybrid and electric vehicles. Nine members of staff have engaged with the scheme since the launch. As a London trust, we focus on active travel and public transport. 

Cycle focus 

Through our Cycle to Work Scheme, staff can save up to 42% on bikes and bike accessories via salary sacrifice and can participate in prize draws for cycling equipment. There have been 117 orders since the scheme was set up in 2017. The scheme is managed by our Health and Wellbeing team and administered by our external employee benefits provider, Vivup. 
 
EyeBike successfully lobbied to increase the Cycle to Work spending cap from £2.5K to £10K per year, which has made the scheme more accessible and inclusive. For example, if staff live further away, they are able to purchase high quality electric bikes. Likewise, for our staff with disabilities or health conditions, adapted/bespoke bicycles (which can be very expensive) have become more accessible. 

The designs for our new Camden site include storage for 300 bicycles.