Extortionate parking charges and fines for health staff, patients and visitors must stop, says UNISON

  Healthcare staff are wasting valuable time searching for parking spaces and two-thirds (64%) have been fined when trying to park at work, according to a survey published today (Sunday) by UNISON. More than three in five (63%) NHS staff say they have to pay for parking permits, in some cases costing £100 or more a month. But hardly any – just 8% – have a guaranteed space. As a result, more than half (54%) can end up being late for work, with some spending an hour a day looking for a space, and one in five (21%) up to 30 minutes doing so. Almost two-thirds (63%) have no option but to seek alternative parking elsewhere, and a third (33%) have to pay for this. More than half (58%) said the cost of parking at work has increased in the past two years. The findings are based on a survey of more than 3,500 health workers including nurses, therapists, healthcare assistants, receptionists, secretaries and NHS students who have no option but to drive to work. Just three in ten (30%) are lucky enough to find a space as soon as they arrive at work, but others struggle, with some being fined up to £140 a time for parking in the wrong place. A third of respondents (33%) said public transport was not an option because of the nature and time of their shifts. More than one in ten (13%) need to take their cars to work because their job requires them either to drive to patients’ houses, or to transport resources within the community. Others say they have no option but to drive to ...
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