Hospital Parking.

schrodie

Our local hospital has handed over "management" of parking to PE and I've discovered that all the income from PCNs issued go to PE and the hospital has no details of the number of PCNs that PE dish out.

Is this usual or should the hospital have details of how many PCNs PE issue?

pappa_golf

in that case PE get nothing




PE cannot FINE anyone


however they can issue tickets for breaking their rules , just watch how the terms and conditions will alter over the next few mths

Redx

they "should" be following these guidelines from 2014 and updated a year ago

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles

schrodie

Redx wrote: »

they "should" be following these guidelines from 2014 and updated a year ago

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles

From the document above what does this mean:-

Contracts should not be let on any basis that incentivises additional charges, eg ‘income from parking charge notices only’.

If you break the rules in our hospital PE sends out PCNs for £70 (reduced on early payment)

steve1500

Which hospital

Ask for the PE Contract under Freedom of Information

Ask very specifically if the deal is the only for revenue that PE gets is from the PCN's

The follow up question,is, about allowing PE having the land owners permission so as to take someone to court

The ultimate land owner is the public.

Under what authority has such power been divested to PE

Within the request ask if they have used the standard NHS contract Provision of goods & services.

If they have not used the standard NHS contract on whose authority has a non standard NHS contract been used

Again, if a non NHS contract has been used what assurances has the Trust received from PE regarding patient confidentiality in line with DoH Policy - by the way the answer is none

Coupon-mad

It means they are in breach:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hospitals-still-allowing-private-parking-firms-to-prey-on-visitors-with-penalty-fines-10047797.html

But the NHS Trusts do not care...

Journalist interested in hearing stories about ParkingEye fining vulnerable patients & visitors and staff:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5553960

HTH

fisherjim

But the NHS Trusts do not care...

How true this is; at the hospital my wife works at they have UKPC as the PPC.
Up to 4PM they had an NHS guy patrolling the car park, and UKPC took over after that time.
The NHS man would help you find a place, advise you where you could and couldn't park, help people carry large items, and only gave out PCN's as a last resort.

He was told to stop helping people by his boss and just issue tickets, being a decent bloke he resigned!!

That's our caring NHS management for you!

Ivor_Pecheque

If that's how they commission parking, it makes you wonder how they commission health.