Rejected petition Make parking in hospitals free for everyone.

Parking in England Wales and Scotland should be made free to everyone especially people who are receiving treatment on a daily weekly and monthly basis .

Some trusts offer free parking and some trusts do not.

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Hospitals in England are making hundreds of millions of pounds from car parking charges, with more than 40% of NHS trusts increasing the cost of a stay in the past year.

An investigation using freedom of information requests found some trusts have doubled the price of car parking for patients and visitors.

Analysis of data published by NHS Digital in October shows trusts made more than £226m in 2017-18 from parking, including penalty fines.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/240157

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Date submitted 17 March 2019
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