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Hospital Parking Charges - Scandalous!!!!

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  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    SuperHan wrote: »
    It's expensive, but it's an income stream for an already underfunded hospital. Think of it as a donation in exchange for your brother's care and it becomes a little more palatable


    No not one penny goes to the hospital.

    It pays for the running of the car park only. Someone somewhere is making a lot of money.
  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    giraffe69 wrote: »
    No charge in many areas will lead to spaces being used by commuters. Very high charges and no discount for regulars may be wrong but a basic charge is not scandalous.


    This hospital is outside of the town.

    It used to be £1 and there was never a problem parking there before but they recently spent £8 million doing it up.

    I still think it is wrong that it is cheaper to park to go shopping than go to a hospital.
  • POPPYOSCAR
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    deanos wrote: »
    Our local one costs £15 for a 10 day pass, quite reasonable , have you checked if your hospital does the same ?

    She was very upset as even though the staff signed the forms for her because the seven weeks were at another hospital she has to wait until he has been in this hospital for two weeks and then she can get a four week only pass for a discount. She said they were very rude to her as well.

    IMO she should not be having to faff about like this when her husband is so ill.

    It is costing us all a lot of money as we are visiting as much as we can but it is her I am concerned about.
  • Nick_C
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    The annoying thing at my nearest hospital is having to pay in advance. If you are going to outpatients, you never know how long you are going to be there. I always end up overpaying. They really should have ANPR and allow you to pay when leaving for the time you have actually been on site.

    There should also be a cap on charges.

    Two to three hours parking at my local cinema costs £2. You pay when you leave. You only pay for your time on site.

    Two to three hours at my local hospital costs £4.50. You pay on arrival. You have no idea how much time you will need so pay too much.
  • POPPYOSCAR
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    Ames wrote: »
    Is there anywhere off site you could park? If there's somewhere with free parking even if it means a short bus journey it'll be a lot cheaper.


    Yes she is parking up in a side street and walking about 20mins each way.

    Quicker than waiting for a bus around here I expect!
  • neilmcl
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
    No not one penny goes to the hospital.

    It pays for the running of the car park only. Someone somewhere is making a lot of money.
    Can you provide evidence of this?
  • Nick_C
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    edited 13 January 2018 at 6:29PM
    neilmcl wrote: »
    Can you provide evidence of this?

    Doesn't answer your question, as I don't know which hospital PoppyOscar used, but most NHS trusts make a profit on car parking although some make a loss.

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01913/Hospital_parking_c_1913078a.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjVhZa0qdXYAhUJBMAKHaKWDLsQFjAIegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw3Xw6A0pIMQfElqZZvXMWjC
  • neilmcl
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    edited 13 January 2018 at 6:24PM
    Nick_C wrote: »
    Most NHS trusts make a profit on car parking although some make a loss.

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01913/Hospital_parking_c_1913078a.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjVhZa0qdXYAhUJBMAKHaKWDLsQFjAIegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw3Xw6A0pIMQfElqZZvXMWjC
    Exactly my point. Most parking charges produces a profit for the hospital and therefore would go back into their funds.
  • neilmcl
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    Nick_C wrote: »
    Good to know that you already had that knowledge, but I thought providing some facts for anyone reading the thread would help inform the debate.
    Sorry, I misunderstood the meaning from your post, I've updated mine above to reflect that.
  • Murphybear
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    Our teaching hospital, the RD & E in Exeter is not far from the centre of town. There are also courts and branches of the University fairly close. If they scrapped all charges then it is possible that the patients and visitors wouldn’t be able to park at all. Don’t know what the solution is though.

    You can park for free for 20 minutes to drop people off/collect them and patients with long term issues such as cancer can park for free.

    I agree that paying in advance is annoying when you can’t accurately know how long you are going to be. I had a gynaecologist appointment and was told on the letter it would take 3/4 hours so we paid accordingly. It took just over an hour. :). Nice that the NHS were efficient but I could have saved money
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