This is not a good time to be an NHS worker struggling on a budget.
This is not a good time to be an NHS worker struggling on a budget.
Inflation-busting pay rise needed more than ever
In March 2020, the Department for Health and Social Care informed all health trusts that they would receive immediate financial […]
Parking was made free for all staff in the early part of the pandemic and remains free in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In […]
Cost will be one less worry for stretched staff
Cost is one less worry for stretched staff
Loosening the stranglehold on funding shouldn’t be mistaken for generosity
Huge parking fees aren’t the solution to hospital funding shortfalls
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 […]
She explains: “When hospitals charge staff for parking, it doesn’t work on a daily ticket basis. You buy a permit, but that doesn’t even […]
Exorbitant hospital parking charges have increasingly become the norm in England because the NHS is so starved of funds.
Parking outside work is becoming more and more of a problem for NHS staff in England.
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 […]
Some hospitals are charging NHS staff, including low-waged nurses and porters, ‘extortionate’ fees of nearly £100 a month to park, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top chargers with full-time staff paying £85.38 a month to park at the Royal Free Hospital site. Others include the […]