Despite the continuing pandemic, evidence mounts of hospitals starting to charge staff to park once more
Despite the continuing pandemic, evidence mounts of hospitals starting to charge staff to park once more
Huge parking fees aren’t the solution to hospital funding shortfalls
Health workers must pay tax on any allowance they receive above 45p per mile. Governments in Scotland and Wales […]
Cost will be one less worry for stretched staff
Parking outside work is becoming more and more of a problem for NHS staff in England.
However, others provide discounted parking for staff on lower wages – and some charge healthcare workers nothing at all. This highlights a postcode lottery, says UNISON, with wide variation in charging […]
West Midlands trust criticised for reimposing parking charges that were meant to be free during the pandemic
“This is the reality facing health workers. An inflation-busting pay rise is vital to stop more staff leaving NHS jobs this year." Notes to […]
Cost is one less worry for stretched staff
Every healthcare student should be offered grants, and tuition fees scrapped. “Conservative plans to recruit 50,000 nurses are a sham. The truth is this target […]
Earlier this month, hospital workers in Norfolk successfully pushed management to scrap charges for two rural hospitals. UNISON […]
Loosening the stranglehold on funding shouldn’t be mistaken for generosity
Exorbitant hospital parking charges have increasingly become the norm in England because the NHS is so starved of funds.
Welcoming the Labour Party’s pledge to end hospital parking charges for patients, visitors and NHS staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The cost of hospital parking is heaping excessive financial pressure on health employees who’ve gone for years without a decent pay rise. “Extortionate parking costs are bad enough, but NHS staff are also […]