Car parking at most Welsh hospitals will be free from 1st April 2008

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Petition - To Scrap Hospital Parking Charges In England

Car parking at most Welsh hospitals will be free from 1st April 2008..

The Welsh Assembly Government's Health Minister Edwina Hart has confirmed the move, the first of its kind in the UK, which will see charges scrapped or reduced.

NHS trusts which do not have contracts with private companies are to stop charging patients, visitors and staff from April 1 - the same date free prescriptions started in Wales last year.

Those with private car parking contracts are to be told to reduce costs until the contracts expire.

Parking Appeals.co.uk which assists people hit with parking fines states:
"Charging people to park at hospitals is an indirect tax on healthcare.

"These days, the vast majority of people who attend hospital clinics do so by car, often several times during treatment and the costs mount up. It's iniquitous that they have to pay to access hospital care. Relatives and frontline health care workers are similarly penalised."

This petition is to the Prime Minister.

We the undersigned wish the Government to follow the lead of the Welsh Assembly and scrap hospital parking charges in England for the benefit of patients, relatives and health workers.
Signatures | Total: 323

 

# First NameLast NameComments
51 David & JoyDennisYou have no idea as to the financial strain this can cause to people who's family member/s are in hospital
52 DerekTocock
53 StephenGashMore apartheid against the English and England.
54 DellaPetchWe must have our own Pariament in England and equal treatment within the UK. England is the only nation in the EU without its own national parliament and government. That's why we are taxed to fund freebies for the neighbours!!!1
55 Joy & JamesSkinnerParking charges at hospitals add to the stress esp. as appointment times are very unreliable.
56 JamesBayfield
57 RayTurner
58 JimGashMr Brown should stop the practice of Apartheid in his so called Britain. The English are being discriminated in every aspect.
59 ColinBrownListen to the People!
60 PaulineHucks
61 RupertLipton
62 MarianHealyI think it is a disgraceful money making scheme.
63 ArchieTurnbull
64 AnthonyWildeThese charges should never have been started
65 EleanorJusticeIt's only England,the least of Browns' worries
66 PatriciaLewinsIt is unacceptable that staff and close relatives have to pay hospital car parking charges. This creates something else to worry about for relatives and uses up an enormous amount of income from the pay packets of people trying to help patients.
67 MartinDixon
68 PamelaDavis
69 JohnWilde
70 MarkWhiteas a self employed worker any time illness hits the family means i'm usually not working-this is when money is at its tightest-the last thing i need to do is pay extortionate charges to park my vehicle sometimes twice a day.
71 nicholasfellMy current girlfriend is a hospital nurse in Oxford.
72 PaulClarkeIts time to scrap this tax on the sick and injured.
73 AlanFleming
74 IanCampbellUnfortunately we don't have a devolved English government to pursue this issue.
75 IanBakerKeep up the good work
76 RaymondJonesI was involved in a very serious road traffic accident (not my fault) and being self employed, I don't receive an income. So it would be beneficial for people like me to be able to park for free at Hospitals.
77 michellewallace
78 AnonymousAnonymousyour worried abt bein at hospital(for any reason)and yes youve got to worry abt parking tickets GET RID
79 joyceHowarth
80 SimonAldridge
81 Mr AndreaDi Lieto
82 ROYPHILLIPSA reasonable charge (e.g £1 a day) would not seem so bad if the money went to the upkeep of the car park, but £1 an hour is a blatant rip-off!!
83 FrancisAndrewShould be scrapped
84 stephaniecritchley
85 WendyBanks
86 KevinEarleyI work in a hospital and have always been against car parking charges for all - patients, staff and visitors. It's a money making machine that has nothing to do with compassion.
87 AnonymousAnonymous
88 douglasgraham
89 AnonymousAnonymousIt is a National health service
90 FraserMitchell£3 minimum at Leighton Hospital, Crewe - an absolute disgrace, and the highest parking charge in the Borough.
91 CarlYoungnothing but pure extortionism.
92 johnhitchenhospitals belong to us the general public why should we have pay to park on are own land
93 PamelaHitchenThe charges are scandalous both for patients and visitors.
94 AnonymousAnonymousI am a hospital worker and have to pay to park even though I am off duty I am still charged for parking direct kfkrom my salary
95 AnonymousAnonymousI am a hospital worker and have to pay to park even though I am off duty I am still charged for parking direct kfkrom my salary
96 CliveMoss
97 AnonymousAnonymousHospital car parking charges should be scrapped, but some system would need to be introduced to prevent general public parking for free when they are not actually visiting hospital.
98 PatriciaThackray
99 WilliamBickham
100 DavidWildgooseFree Parking could be controlled by having someone collect a ticket confirming they are visiting the hospital. But it is unacceptable for the English to always suffer Health Apartheid when compared to the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish.

 

Signatures | Total: 323