car parking charges at hospitals

morveryn

Our hospital has just put its charges up. It now costs over £10 to stay for four hours, more if you need to stay longer. I am disabled and visit hospital regularly to see the consultant or for tests, many of these take over 4 hours.
Having a blue badge makes no difference as disabled drivers still have to pay regardless of if you are parked in a BB bay or not. I am on one benefit - Disability Living Allowance but as this is not related to income I cannot claim any refund or discount toward parking costs. My prescription costs are staggering & I don't get help with them either but lets not go there!;)

Quackers

chinneybigchops wrote:

I think it is discusting that they charge 24hrs. The only people at hospital in the middle of the night are those going to A&E, in labour or visiting someone that is dying. How wrong is that?

Dont get me started!!

11pm 2 weeks ago my daughter had a seizure at the top of the stairs, fell down, smashed her head open on the radiatior & knocked herself unconcious.

Before we left for A & E we had to scrabble around for change for the car park.

How can they justify that? :mad:

Need_More_Money_2

A lot of hospitals have now contracted out car parking to firms like NCP. So the money you pay for parking doesn't even go back into the NHS.