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: 332

 

# First NameLast NameComments
301 GraceBrown
302 LydiaGardnerI HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS A DISGRACE.
303 KenLennon
304 BethanyRees
305 GordonYoung
306 IanTottman
307 TrudyYoungAs a pensioner I feel this extra cost a real hardship as I attend hospital regularly.
308 AnthonyGraziano
309 JocelynSmith
310 AnonymousAnonymous
311 RuthWeilAfter my husband having quite a long spell at various hospitals following cancer diagnosis, I have found that the parking costs an extra pressure on already stressful circumstances.
312 vivienlewsey
313 IreneBrown
314 ianveal
315 JeanBennett
316 AnonymousAnonymous
317 AnonymousAnonymous
318 AnonymousAnonymous
319 AnonymousAnonymous
320 DaisySeale-Barnes
321 Janeyde Klerk
322 MrsGeorgiouI feel this is immoral and shows extreme lack of compassion on the part of the government. Have pity!
323 AnonymousAnonymousI worked for the NHS for 15 years on low pay and found the job more stressful having to chase to find a parking place before shifts, and pay. The final straw was when my car was stolen for the hospital during a shift and used for a ram raid on a shop. Give the staff a break and let them and the patients park for free.
324 GillianCook
325 jennifermears
326 RichardDinkeldeinHOSPITAL PARKING CHARGES ARE GENERALLY JUST A TAX ON THE SICK OR THEIR LOVED ONES. JUST STOP IT!
327 ValerieKitchingham
328 martindixOutrageous charges
329 cerezDoyle
330 TerryBratleyITS DISGUSTING TO HAVE TO PAY TO VISIT HOSPITAL WHEN YOU ARE ILL AND NEED TO Attend several times a year
331 AnonymousAnonymousParking in hospital car parks should be free, certainly!
332 AnonymousAnonymousI have a disability which causes a lot of pain, there are people who are wheelchair bound and it is those people and the elderly I am voicing my concern about. The charges are high, if a place can be found in the car park and when it is busy, ie, when most people are being seen by a specialist there are queues and no parking available. It is a most stressful experience coupled with high charges for most if not all people, very limited disabled bays and a relatively small car park. I urge the powers that be to look at the parking charge here and scrap it.

 

Signatures | Total: 332