NHS emergency badge...UKPC, private estate

Johno100

KeithP wrote: »

Hahaha.

You've made that up. :rotfl::rotfl:

A five second Google (bus lane rather than red light camera).

https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/02/ambulance-service-fined-900-every-day-using-bus-lane-outside-hospital-7356907/

https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2019/04/bus-lane-fines-ambulance-crews-must-end-says-unison/

Undervalued

KeithP wrote: »

It really is quite clear.

By displaying an authorised Health Emergency Badge, the motorist is indicating that they are on an emergency call.

What more does the PPC need to know?

They are quite reasonably seeking confirmation that the OP was actually on an emergency call at that time. If they were (as I am sure is the case) then there is no problem and the ticket will be cancelled. If they weren't then they will have to pay up and answer to their employer as well.

DoaM

None of this is helping the OP. As I said earlier ...

DoaM wrote: »

Bottom line ... if the OP complains to Steve Clark at the BPA (mentioning section 9.3 of the CoP), this PCN will be cancelled quicker than you can dial 112 on a rotary phone.

Johno100

Undervalued wrote: »

They are quite reasonably seeking confirmation that the OP was actually on an emergency call at that time. If they were (as I am sure is the case) then there is no problem and the ticket will be cancelled. If they weren't then they will have to pay up and answer to their employer as well.

Yes, let's revert to the first paragraph of the OP

I’m a healthcare worker with a midwifery team. I visit postnatal women and their babies at home. I have a “Healthcare Emergency Badge” (HEB) for the rare occasions when I can’t park near a woman’s home, I also have a council-issued permit for on-street parking, which is usually sufficient for my needs.

Does that sound like something that is only displayed in an emergency or as an aid to parking close to a patient's address?

barbiedoll

I seem to have stirred up a hornet’s nest with this one!

Just to confirm; yes, I did consider this to be an emergency visit. As this forum is anonymous, I’ll state why. The baby was a few days old and had been diagnosed with jaundice, a very common condition in newborns. The baby had blood tests in hospital and had light meter readings at home, the day before my visit, all of which showed the jaundice levels to be within “normal” range. The baby had passed the usual “peak” day for this condition and was due a visit again in a few days. Mum had called, saying that the baby seemed to be “drowsy” and wasn’t feeding as much. We know that parents will worry unnecessarily, and will often see things that aren’t there, having said that, we trust our new parent’s instincts and it’s better to check and waste our time, than to have a sick baby, not diagnosed and treated in time.

Normally, I spend most of my day in my car when on visits (I don’t live in the area), so I will quite often park so that I can have a bit of a walk to a patient’s house. I need the fresh air and exercise! Even on this visit, I would have parked in a neighbouring street, it’s literally a couple of minutes difference, but the streets were full, and I didn’t want to have to faff around, cruising the streets for a space. The mum was concerned, as was I, about her baby.

I don’t use my HEB unless absolutely necessary, and I can always justify when I have used it. I have a local authority permit for street parking, so I don’t usually need it. But there are more and more of these estates springing up in London, one in particular that we visit often, simply has nowhere else to park anywhere nearby, the estate has swallowed up all of the available parking. If this is going to become an issue, it needs looking at. We don’t get paid enough to be forking our £60 each time we go to work!

I don’t know anyone who abuses their badge. We only get 2 hours, it’s not really enough time for a trip to the theatre!

Coupon-mad

Sounds reasonable from your POV. Email Steve Clark:

steve.c@britishparking.co.uk

As already advised. Let us know when he pushes the PPC to get it cancelled.

barbiedoll

Just to update....ticket cancelled today after BPA got involved.

Huge thanks to everyone who gave their time, expertise and opinions. This advice will be passed on to my colleagues, if we can get enough complaints about the PPC, maybe they’ll train their staff to recognise a HEB!

:beer:

Coupon-mad

When you talk to colleagues, tell them to cover their numberplate when on private land. It's not a legal requirement to show it on such land when at work, nor do you ever have to show your VRN data even when driving in and out of a retail park on your days off.

Johno100

barbiedoll wrote: »

Just to update....ticket cancelled today after BPA got involved.

Huge thanks to everyone who gave their time, expertise and opinions. This advice will be passed on to my colleagues, if we can get enough complaints about the PPC, maybe they’ll train their staff to recognise a HEB!

:beer:

You might want to remind your colleagues what the 'E' in HEB stands for when it comes to displaying the badge.

Coupon-mad

Why? There has been no suggestion of misuse that I saw.