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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Most definately WRONG. It is a damn right insult to have to pay a penny to park in or near hospital grounds, and most of the time it's at extortionate rates - prepay so your worries are not entirely cast on your family member or friend. You have to clock watch which you don't need when you are stressed/worried. Charging for parking should be only applied for shopping centres and high streets etc. |
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When you have someone seriously ill in hospital and you are vising several times a day it really is not fair.
However what most hospitals dont tell you is that you can get a special dispensation to allow for reduced/free parking if the person is seriously ill.
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By *eppersCouple
over a year ago
telford |
Just another tax on the motorist, what did hospitals do in the last forty years before they started charging to visit hospital, here in telford even the disabled with badges have to pay the parking charge, |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The problem is that a lot of car parks at hospitals are run by third party companies, which brings in revenue for the hospitals themselves in lease or rental fees.
It is unfair to charge but sadly it is just another way that they screw you in rip off briton. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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40 years ago most families couldn't afford one car let alone two of them. With the increased mobility of the populace and the fact that people hop in the cars just to go 1/2 mile to the shops means that the roads are congested on a permanent basis in some towns. Visiting times in hospitals are notorious for generating even more congestion and the hospitals have to keep the roads in and around the facility clear to allow emergency vehicles unrestricted access.
Another reason for introducing fees was because a lot of commuters used hospital car parks to leave their cars in while they caught a nearby bus or train to work. Once those hospitals affected by this cottoned on to what was going on it was inevitable that fees would follow - and then other hospitals followed suit until it became the norm.
The people to blame for hospital parking fees are the motorists themselves, but what surprises me most is that if you love your spouse/parent/kinsman is a couple of pounds parking really that heavy a price to pay to go and see them when they really need you. When my dear old mum was in hospital a couple of years ago I didn't even stop to think how much it cost to park my car to go and see her, and that also applied to when Siren was in for a few days after giving birth.
Life ain't free and if free car parks were in a poor condition with the tarmac breaking up, poor lighting at night time and cars being broken into due to lack of security I bet there would be loads of people moaning about it, probably the same ones moaning about spending a couple of quid to visit their dearly beloved. |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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and the revenues created would need to be found from the hospital budget..
so how many less doctors/nurses to look after the loved ones you are visiting.
and possible longer waiting lists. |
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By *eppersCouple
over a year ago
telford |
Yes we appreciate people are selfish, and i think it's bit arrogant of you to tugg at peoples heart strings , by saying if you loved someone it shouldn't matter how much you pay to park your car,but lifes not that simple and we all have to live on a budget,And sometimes people fall ill at the most awkward of times pmsl how inconsiderate is that,
As for crime it is not stopped by chargeing people to park they just put up a disclaimer notice, now if they are taking your money then surely they should take responsability for ensureing you prized relaint robin is safe. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes we appreciate people are selfish, and i think it's bit arrogant of you to tugg at peoples heart strings , by saying if you loved someone it shouldn't matter how much you pay to park your car,but lifes not that simple and we all have to live on a budget,And sometimes people fall ill at the most awkward of times pmsl how inconsiderate is that,
As for crime it is not stopped by chargeing people to park they just put up a disclaimer notice, now if they are taking your money then surely they should take responsability for ensureing you prized relaint robin is safe."
I've parked in hospital car parks down south and up here in the north and I've never found the prices to be that high tbh. £2.50 for five hours parking is quite reasonable. What would you spend £2.50 per day elsewhere? A pint of beer? Half a packet of fags? Fish & chips, almost?
£2.50 isn't a lot of money, even for five days in the week, and as for weekends, you can usually find somewhere else to park that has it's parking restrictions lifted for weekends. I'm not being arrogant, I'm just saying that it isn't that much of a problem and as another poster said above, there are special discounts for families of those with serious or long term ill relatives in hospitals. |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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but staff alone account for probably 1000 spaces... where do they park ?
at the change over of shifts, you have double parked, the folks finishing, the folks starting.... and prob mid afternoon.. peak visiting time.
and if in the city centre... every shop worker, office worker would park and walk to save a fortune on city centre parking |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hospitals should be made larger so that we can park next to the beds."
Or perhaps the drive through approach could be adopted and as we pull up in our car our relative can be put on a conveyor to come and see us and after they've passed by the _iewing window and are out of _iew we simply drive away.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My daughter paid £3 for day parking but in a car park 10 mins walk from the main hospital where her father died in critical care last week, you would think people would get free parking wouldnt you  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My daughter paid £3 for day parking but in a car park 10 mins walk from the main hospital where her father died in critical care last week, you would think people would get free parking wouldnt you "
The problem with providing free parking in hospital grounds is, as is suggested above, that it just fills up the car park with commuters - who have no other connection to the hospital - making it almost impossible for staff, visitors and out-patients to park close to where they need to be. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And what makes it even more of a rip off if you are an out patient you have to make sure you that you have a ticket that will cover your time in the hospital as you don't know how long you will be waiting you always add an extra hour?
I also remember that under certain circumstances that the hospital will issue passes for free parking if they deem it necessary and sadly alot of people don't know this as they don't or won't let people know. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My daughter paid £3 for day parking but in a car park 10 mins walk from the main hospital where her father died in critical care last week, you would think people would get free parking wouldnt you
The problem with providing free parking in hospital grounds is, as is suggested above, that it just fills up the car park with commuters - who have no other connection to the hospital - making it almost impossible for staff, visitors and out-patients to park close to where they need to be."
Perhaps i should have put "on that occasion" as he was there a week, died from swine flu |
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By *obletonMan
over a year ago
A Home Among The Woodland Creatures |
I think a few people here should take a look at some of the less civilised countries in the world where not only would they be paying for parking but they'd be paying in full for the hospital treatment too .... assuming they could affors to take the time time off out of the sweatshop to visit their relatives in the first place of course |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Wishy pmsl if that was not really funny it could be true in the future, now there's a worrying thought."
Never mind Wishy. He stole Views idea n View stole it from Me !
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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"Wishy pmsl if that was not really funny it could be true in the future, now there's a worrying thought.
Never mind Wishy. He stole Views idea n View stole it from Me !
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yup I did |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hospitals should be made larger so that we can park next to the beds.
Or perhaps the drive through approach could be adopted and as we pull up in our car our relative can be put on a conveyor to come and see us and after they've passed by the _iewing window and are out of _iew we simply drive away. "
This is the problem solver !
OMG ....OM Fkn God ........O M Fkn Good God .....
Brainwaaaaaaaaaaaave !
Web cam hossy visitin'
Don't even leave your house...... Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Im gonna patent it now.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"© Webcam Hossy Visitn' © by Granny"
I love this idea and the conveyor belt one 
Everyone that parks at the hospital I work at pays,they have staff spaces for staff that live outside what they think is reasonable walking distance or do shifts,many hospital workers are admin and do normal office hrs so they are expected to find alternative ways to get to work. The rest of the spaces are for visitors
If you have someone that is in for more than a couple of days the closest family members can get cheaper parking its not just for critically ill or cancer patients |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hospitals should be made larger so that we can park next to the beds.
Or perhaps the drive through approach could be adopted and as we pull up in our car our relative can be put on a conveyor to come and see us and after they've passed by the _iewing window and are out of _iew we simply drive away.
This is the problem solver !
OMG ....OM Fkn God ........O M Fkn Good God .....
Brainwaaaaaaaaaaaave !
Web cam hossy visitin'
Don't even leave your house...... Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Im gonna patent it now.
© "
It won't work. Have you seen the price of a phone card in hospital. Now THAT'S a fookin rip off!  |
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If they can make money then they will... I dont think its right.
