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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 […]

Despite the continuing pandemic, evidence mounts of hospitals starting to charge staff to park once more

Cost will be one less worry for stretched staff

“Cutting out the worry about cost and time restrictions for parking is one pressure less as our members work around the clock to fight […]

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 […]

UNISON Norfolk and Suffolk regional organiser Peter Passingham commented: “Lots of Norfolk is very rural […]

Almost two-thirds (63%) have no option but to seek alternative parking elsewhere, and a third (33%) have to pay for this. More than half (58%) said the cost of parking at work has […]

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 […]