Hospital VCS charges on stga

Froggatt_Edge

Hi. I am hoping for advice after reading the Newbies thread carefully. I refer to a case where the car was parked in a hospital car park and a 'MyparkingCharge' notice of some sort was put under the wiper blade. Now over a month later, a Parking Charge Notice/Notice to Keeper letter arrived wanting 100 pounds. This seems to be from Vehicle Control Services Ltd. Following the advice on the Newbies Thread, set about entering an appeal. The only way was to go onto the MyParkingCharge website. I entered details as keeper of the vehicle and tried to enter the text. But the online site requires a reason to be entered from a drop down list - every reason is worded with `I` - eg I had a permit displayed etc. Thus, I could not avoid appearing to admit to being the driver etc. I can give you the details of this case (pretty amazing and shocking really - impacting on hospital staff in particular) but I wonder how careful I need to be in case VCS Ltd see it?
Thanks so much.

Parkingfines

Your appeal to VCS won't make any difference .

Froggatt_Edge

I tried to edit the thread title - it should read 'charges on staff'. I will say that this is a charge on health staff attending to conduct urgent assessment - a regular out of hours occurrence. Other workers have also made slight errors with permits and suffered the same outcome. Therefore, this case could be influential in highlighting the problems with the private parking world.
I was following the advice on Newbies thread - appealing even though nothing is likely to happen. Is that correct? Or is it best to just keep quiet and go to court if necessary to challenge?

Redx

appeal anyway as KEEPER, then deal with court later if required

complain to your local MP, and to PALS or the trust themselves about this ticketing sc@m, make them aware of the bill by Sir Greg Knight https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html and also the DWP or NHS rules for NHS sites https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles

bear in mind what INDIGO did with the staff at UHW in Cardiff, so get your bullets in asap , dont wait until damp squib day


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