Rejected petition Stop hospitals charging for disabled parking

In 2014 Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt urged trusts to offer free or reduced parking for cancer patients, the disabled, relatives and staff. In 2018 the Tories decided to waive this and now 140 hospital trusts have now started to charge disabled blue badge holders. This is a disgrace and needs to stop

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The mirror
reported this below in 2018.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hospitals-charge-blue-badge-12321164

And in Jan 2019 Nottingham QMC started charging disabled drivers.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/blue-badge-holders-pay-parking-2329481

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/238096

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Date submitted 12 February 2019
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