This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Free Parking for NHS Staff at Hospitals in the UK
At hospitals in the UK, NHS staff have to pay for their parking. To be charged to spend your day dedicated to helping others is unjust.
Staff can get permits to reduce the parking prices but they are only valid in the staff car park where there are not enough spaces for all of the staff to park.
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An example of a hospital that charges the staff is West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth.
An NHS nurse from the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, Wales, was charged £150,000 even though she had paid for a permit to park at the hospital. However, as there was not enough space in the staff car park, she had to park in the visitor car park and so was fined 3 to 4 times a week.
To be an essential part in saving lives, you should not have to worry about receiving fines while at work.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
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