London hospitals have the highest parking fees in the country and Chelsea and Westminster gets away with charging £3.50 an hour against a national average of 77p, a new report has revealed. Today’s figures from the NHS Information Centre show that 28% of hospitals in the UK increased parking charges between 2010 and 2011, with [...]
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£6-an-hour parking for patients visiting central London hospitals
Patients visiting London hospitals are forced to pay parking fees as much as £6 an hour, according to new figures. Those attending St Bartholomew’s and University College hospitals have to pay the top fee to leave a car near the hospital while those visiting St Mary’s or the Heart Hospital are paying £5 an hour [...]
Manchester Hospital Scraps Parking Charges
Trafford General Hospital in Manchester has broken ranks to become the first in the country to scrap car parking charges for patients and visitors. Even though the fees are banned in Scotland and Wales, hospitals in England make more than £100million a year from forcing patients to pay before they can park their vehicle. Now, Trafford [...]
UK Hospitals earn millions from parking fines
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust in Surrey earned more than £1.8 million from car parking fees in a single year, according to a revealing report on parking charges levied on hospital visitors published today. Which?, the consumer association, has named and shamed the worst NHS hospital car parks in England based on information [...]
Call to drop Romford hospital car parking charges
An independent health body has called for Queen’s Hospital to scrap car parking charges amid horror stories from patients. Havering Local Involvement Network (LINk) is set to make a written recommendation to John Goulston, chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust, early next week urging him to cut the controversial charges. But the [...]
Hospital parking costs add to stress of using NHS
Two-thirds of NHS users say the price is too high. Overcrowded and expensive car parks add to the stress of visits to NHS hospitals for half of those using them, according to a report published today. Problems finding a space, the cost of parking and a host of confusing payment systems are among the difficulties [...]
Free parking plan for in-patients
Health Secretary Andy Burnham says Labour hopes to scrap hospital parking charges for in-patients in England if the party wins the next election. He said patients would get a permit to cover the length of their stay which visitors could use to park for free. But campaigners said the move did not go far enough [...]
Parking costs hit cancer patients as hospitals ignore guidelines
More than half of cancer patients do not get free or discounted parking on hospital visits, contrary to government guidelines, a poll suggests. The Department of Health has recommended NHS trusts in England offer some kind of concession for people who require repeat visits to hospital. But the Macmillan Cancer Support survey of 337 patients found [...]