Hospital parking charges for staff

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You're working me to the bone for little pay, expecting more from me year on year, demand unsociable hours, you don't provide me free parking, then fine me obscene sums? Disgusting. Find people who sides with employers on this issue totally baffling.
 
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These parking companies are sharks man, disgrace thst nurses, cleaners etc have to pay £30-40 a month to park. Shame they dont work in a Scottish hospital. Also a disgrace they use these sharks to chase people down for parking fees by the minute.
Scottish hospitals were better when you had to pay. Now it's free but only for four hours so you can't park all day even if you wanted to. If your in having an operation or something you need a letter from the department to display on your dash.
 
You would? Public transport is expensive as fuck. £6 from Crook to Durham, it's 9 miles.



I'd tell the private firm to f***ing do one myself, no doubt they'll be some champions of the private sector to stick up for them on here.

Fuck them. Fuck them all.

Agreed 100%, I would pay double when I have to go if that money was going to the NHS but it's a disgrace the health service gets no benefit from the charges.
 
Tin hat on but would it work out less expensive to park on or in front of a residential driveway near to the hospital?

My civil law isn't up to scratch but the house owner could get done for vandalism if they damage your car.

As far as I know it's not illegal to block a driveway if a car isn't already parked on it. But it is illegal to block a car on a driveway.
 
Who actually owns the land?
I've no idea. I still believe they should be allowed to park for free or have additional money factored into their pay to help them.

Agreed 100%, I would pay double when I have to go if that money was going to the NHS but it's a disgrace the health service gets no benefit from the charges.
I didn't know this. Why make them pay car parks at all if the NHS is not benefiting? Makes the story all the worse in my opinion.
 
Tin hat on but would it work out less expensive to park on or in front of a residential driveway near to the hospital?

My civil law isn't up to scratch but the house owner could get done for vandalism if they damage your car.

As far as I know it's not illegal to block a driveway if a car isn't already parked on it. But it is illegal to block a car on a driveway.
@Frijj Can you fill us in a bit more on this? ;)

If it's not the employer (NHS) that owns it then they can't dictate prices.
Are the car parks not actually owned by the NHS? Or have the government sold them off?
 
Why though? If they aren't making money for themselves it seems a stupid thing to do?

They'll still make money as they private company will either pay a fee to be allowed to operate them or split the proceeds with nhs. Its the admin side which someone with loads of car parks could do more efficiently. Dont forget the council made a few losses on their car parks in recent years.
 
Unsociable hours workers should definitely get use of free parking imo. It's crap that any of us have to pay mind.

Scottish hospitals were better when you had to pay. Now it's free but only for four hours so you can't park all day even if you wanted to. If your in having an operation or something you need a letter from the department to display on your dash.
Shouldn't be driving after an operation tbf mind. ;)
 
I feel for them struggling to get parked at work, but on the flip side, it was a nightmare getting parked to go and visit my Dad in the Royal before they built the multistory.

Most people struggle to get parked when they drive to work. Hospital workers or not !
 
Are the car parks not actually owned by the NHS? Or have the government sold them off?

No they're owned by private companies.

So you end up in situations where you're delayed in the hospital because your Dad is distressed and you're trying to calm him back down again but secretly you're panicking about getting back to the car before the ticket runs out :neutral:
 
The trust gets a fair bit of money from parking like. Goes back into the estates and facilities coffers usually.
 
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