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Speak out on hospital parking places shake-up

9:32am Thursday 5th January 2012 in News

MOTORISTS using the car parks at Fairfield Hospital could pay by vouchers or phone under new changes being considered by health bosses.

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust proposes altering its parking policy to see designated parking for staff, patients and visitors and vouchers and phones as payment methods. The trust is seeking the views of staff and members of the public.

Barry Waterhouse, travel manager, said: “Charging helps to cover maintenance, security, insurance and running costs. The charges prevent these things becoming a drain on health care resources and allow trusts to target resources on patient care and medical and clinical costs. Staff parking demands impact upon the availability of patient and visitor parking.”

Three key changes proposed are: l—The designation of parking areas within its hospital sites, establishing dedicated patient and visitor parking areas.

l—Changes to the current method of charging for parking concessions, using vouchers or payment by phone for parking at a reduced price.

l—Changes to parking enforcement on our hospital sites to encourage compliance with parking rules and to improve existing signs To take part in the survey which runs until January 20: visit: surveymonkey.com/s/patpq

Comments(4)

R'Marcus says...
3:58pm Thu 5 Jan 12

People vsiting Fairfield as patients or visitors should NOT be charged for parking there!

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mercman0161 says...
6:45pm Thu 5 Jan 12

R'Marcus wrote:
People vsiting Fairfield as patients or visitors should NOT be charged for parking there!
My thoughts entirely,and what do they mean by....* Changes to parking enforcement on our hospital sites to encourage compliance*........a
nother bunch of legalised thugs clamping your vehicle and bleeding you dry to release it by any chance. ?

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ladymanchester54 says...
1:36pm Sun 8 Jan 12

I agree with both comments above. I also think that if you're visiting the hospital short term e.g. for blood tests, you shouldn't be charged. I find it infuriating paying £2 for a 15 minute visit, if that. Is not as though these charges are having a inpact on the resources in the hospital itself, its not. As for the comments that the charges are for maintance, security and insurance purposes? Who are they trying to kid. Most of the ground is un-even so they can't be maintaining it!! Insurance? I'm pretty sure that there are information signs saying, "vistitors park their cars at their own risk!! and for security? What security? Do I get an escort to my car when its late?? The only security is the attendeng giving out the tickets??I suggest that because the hospital doesn't really fulfill these so called commitments, they should abolish the charges. Then everyone concerned wins. Charges are just another way to rip visitors off. They should never have been introduced in the first place. Feel it just goes in the pockets of those highter up in administration.

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fusilier says...
5:57pm Mon 9 Jan 12

people usually use carparks to leave their vehicle in whilst shopping or for leisure purposes. In other words its their choice to do so.
Visiting a sick relative or when needing treatment is not a choice. Forcing people who have no choice but to use hospital carparks is theft demanding money through menace. Scotland and Wales do not do so so why do we allow it?
i accept the carparks need to be maintained and the hospital should not pay for it out of their own vital funding so why not a return to the old Toll idea. Charge a fee to pay for its upkeep then make it free until and only until it needs more upkeep.
I believe our government should stop fleecing the English taxpayer when the other members of the united Kingdom get free hospital parking for nothing.

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