Rejected petition To remove all parking charges and make parking free for NHS workers

Rejected on 27 March 2020

We’re relying heavily on the NHS during such hard times and Staff are under so much pressure and stress as it is, without having to pay parking charges. £3.20 - £10 A DAY in some cases. The government should remove all car park charges (private and non private) to ALL NHS staff.

NHS workers are working around the clock, 12 hours a day (sometimes more), 4-6 days a week and staff are still being made to pay to park on hospital grounds. During this pandemic they are under even more stress to save people’s lives from the virus as well as the usual medical care. Charging NHS workers to park every day when they’re working so hard and making themselves ill from the stress they’re under and sheer number of hours they’re doing, shouldn’t be another added stressor.

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Since you started this petition, the Government have announced that they will provide free car parking for all NHS and social care staff. You can read more about this here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-provide-free-car-parking-for-nhs-and-social-care-staff

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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