Hospital parcking ticket, help please !!!!!

ezza500

Hi, Im new to this forum so please bear with me if im going over old ground.

My son had a appointment at our local NHS hospital in Whitehaven Cumbria, When we arrived the Hospital is undergoing construction work & hence has limited parking spaces availible.
All the car parks were full & we circled the place for 20mins trying to find a space to no avail. Instead of missing my sons appointment at this busy hospital, I had to park my car on double 'red' lines, My car not being the only one (30-40 cars around the site & on the same stretch of road were all parked the same way) Some had blue badges, but most did not.
When I returned to my car 40mins later my car 'ONLY' had a 'parking infringement notice' attached under my windscreen in a old clear money bag.
It reads:

PARKING INFRINGEMENT 08287

your vehicle is infringing the parking policy of this hospital car park for the following reason:

2. NOT PARKED IN A VALID SPACE

REG No: (My reg was written here)
VEH. TYPE: BMW
LOCATION: MATTY (I presume this means maternity as it was near by)
DATE: 25/01/12 TIME: 11.00am

This infringement has been recorded but no further action will be taken if a cheque / postal order for £40.00 made payable to NORTH CUMBRIA ACUTE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST is attached to this notice & forwarded to the address below. Please note that further infringements may result in your vehicle being excluded from site.

NORTH CUMBRIA ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST.
Finance Dept., West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8JG
NCA8112: 02/08 REV 4

As you can see there is no mention of double red lines, a period or date by when this has to be paid.
I took photos of where I was parked, & also took photos of 7-8 other vehicles on the same road (all which were 'NOT PARKED IN A VALID SPACE')
I want to follow the advice from this thread ie, ignore everything they send, But my missus is a bit of a worrier !

Any help or advice would be most appreciated !
Thanks.

Trebor16

Looks like the hospital is issuing its own penalty notices instead of using a PPC. But the situation is the same as if it had been issued by a PPC. The hospital has no power to issue penalties or fines so I would suggest that ignoring them is the best policy. If someone has more experience of dealing with hospital issued penalties and knows a better course of action then I look forward to seeing it.

taffy056

Ignore it as its private parking ticket by an NHS trust, (don't they anything better to do than harrassing patients ?) anyway they cant really exclude a car from the hospital, what happens if you sold it ? Basically they will now give your details to a third party to harrass you courtesy of the dvla who sell your details on, they should also be ignored. Look for the sticky threads above and educate yourselves on this scam.

Disgusting that an nhs trust is pocketing out of the sick and their visitors who probably have other things to worry about apart from a poxy parking space.

steve1500

You would think after the kicking Aintree Hospital got, both by the courts and having to disclose how much they spent on lawyers the hospitals would know better!!!