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Hospital chiefs were today revealed to have spent more than £10,000 of NHS cash fighting plans to move a bus stop on Westminster Bridge.

Bosses at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust launched a campaign against proposals for a “floating” bus stop that would enable a segregated cycle lane to be built on the bridge.

Documents released under freedom of information laws revealed the trust has spent £10,249, including £9,971 on legal advice, on its campaign so far — despite its own staff urging it to promote the health benefits of cycling.

Road safety campaigner Tom Kearney said: “As a critically-injured TfL bus crash survivor whose life was saved by the NHS, I am gobsmacked that NHS funds and personnel are being casually expended to prevent the creation of manifestly safer cycling conditions directly in front of St Thomas’ Hospital.”

The documents, obtained by cycle campaigners who support the lanes, show how senior executives, including trust chairman Sir Hugh Taylor and trust secretary Peter Allanson, spent months mounting a campaign of opposition to the bus stop move.

Under the plans, cyclists would follow a route “behind” the bus stop. Trust chiefs feared that passengers heading for St Thomas’ Hospital would be placed in jeopardy as they stepped from the bus and crossed the bike lane.

An email to Mr Allanson revealed attempts to “round a few people up, including one or two in wheelchairs”. It added: “A guide dog for the blind would be good but I don’t know anyone with one.”

Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey, whose support was secured by the trust, today said she was dismayed at the way some cycling campaigners had attacked people expressing concerns.

She told the Standard: “I have no objection and have never opposed a cycle lane on the bridge.

“There must be a solution that allows the cycle lane to be built in a different position. I don’t see why they can’t keep the bus stop where it is.”

Ms Hoey added: “I understand that the Mayor [Sadiq Khan] has said he wants it sorted. No one wants to get into court.”

A trust spokesman said: “We are campaigning against this particular floating bus stop because we are concerned about the safety of patients visiting St Thomas’ Hospital, as well as the safety of cyclists.

“TfL’s proposal could put patients and carers at risk, especially the elderly, disabled and families with children in buggies and wheelchairs — community groups, including those representing the elderly and people with visual impairments, support our concerns.”

The cycle lane would provide a car-free link with the east-west cycle superhighway on the Embankment.

Floating bus stops are already in use outside the Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel Road and along the CS2 cycle superhighway to Stratford.

A TfL spokesman said: “We’re still engaging and talking with the trust to find an amicable solution.”