Hospital car parking campaign - your help is needed.

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FormerMember

26 Jan 2010

You may have seen our hospital car parking campaign in the news over the last few weeks and we need your help to make the government listen. We have a game for you to play - Warden Brown - please play the game, sign our pledge and forward this on to friends, family and colleagues. The more support we get the more persuasive we can be. With your help our campaign has really made headway and this is a great opportunity for us all to end this tax on illness. We hope that you like it!

In response to our campaign Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP has begun an eight week consultation to decide who should be exempt from hospital car parking charges. We will be responding to this consultation and it would be really helpful if you could leave your stories and comments on this blog about your experience with hospital car parking charges, good and bad, as this will assist with our response. We are also encouraging people to email their stories to the government directly. The consultation closes on 23 February 2010 and we will keep you updated on this.

So, what is your experience with hospital car parking charges?

FormerMember over 14 years ago

Haven't we already discussed this on another thread?

Our hospital introduced car parking charges to stop people using the car park as a "Park and Ride" scheme for shopping trips into town. Its not difficult to drop someone at the hospital and then go and park off-site.

Their appointment system is so good that for several of my consultations I've been in and out before the free period has expired. Mind you, that means hanging around in the nearby village until a few minutes before my appointment time, and hoping I can find a car parking space at the last minute.
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FormerMember over 14 years ago

Danensis is lucky to have a free parking period at the hospital. I had to go to two hospitals (one of which was impossible to get to by public transport) on a daily basis for seven weeks, which cost a fortune in parking fees. I agree that hospitals have to control casual use of their parking, but there should be a transparent and accessible system of free concessions for cancer patients
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FormerMember over 14 years ago

Nobody who has been diagnosed and is suffering from a terminal illness should have the added indignity and expense of having to pay for car parking charges every time they need to attend hospital.

My wife Kathleen lost her brave 5 year battle against Breast Cancer last year. Excluding the Chemotherapy treatments, we had to pay for car parking charges (often after struggling to find a space in the Royal Berks Hospital car park, which was often full to capacity)

It was only when she became registered disabled after 4 years of treatment that we were able to park free of charge.

I became unemployed for a 7 month period during those 4 years and the parking costs became an issue.

I find it insulting when the current Labour government can happily fund overseas wars and yet offers little sympathy or support in these circumstances for terminally ill Cancer sufferers. Hospital car parking charges are an insult and should be waived for people in deserving circumstances.
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