Do you think NHS staff should have to pay £10-15 a day for parking?

[MrsLemonadeBrain]

I work in the hospital and parking is probably an hour and a half’s wage (maybe more) for a shifts parking (it goes up to 18 quid if you’re on a long)
This has always been fine by me. But the last three days when I’ve been leaving work and paying for my parking (pay on exit type jobby) several people have been outraged about the cost of my parking and feel like they need to spend 10 minutes telling me how outrageous it is!
What is the general opinion on this?
Should I be as outraged as all these patients suggest?

I think it's an outrageous situation and forces staff to park on residential streets around.Not at all good for the poor residents who live there, either who have their own needs.

No I don't think you should have to park.
My friend is a nurse and often parks on a road outside someone's house. There is not enough parking at the hospital. She has been told to stop parking there, Park at a park and ride (at a cost)and Wait For a bus. She has said she is not prepared to hang about waiting for a bus, alone and often at night.
Don't know what will happen .

imo paying a parking fee slightly higher than public transport is reasonable.

“My friend is a nurse and often parks on a road outside someone's house. There is not enough parking at the hospital. She has been told to stop parking there”

No one can “tell” her to stop parking on a public road unless it’s on a dropped kerb or double yellows. That’s what she pays her road tax for.

I think you should have to pay, but not that much!
I work at a university and my permit is £60 per year (it's worked out as a percentage of your salary, which I like)

My work does not charge for parking, but they simply do not have enough space for everyone and visitors to park each day so encourage us to travel by public transport, cycle, car share etc as much as possible. No perks, they just say its an issue and can everyone help out wherever they can or they will need to review the parking situation.

I meet up with 3 colleagues, we don't live that close to each other but our routes kind of merge (I'm lucky its only 3 miles from my house and around 17 miles from work!) without too much of a diversion and we park and only take one car into work.

You don't need to live too near to someone to car share, just need to be on same shift/hours find a spot convenient for all then split the £10-£15?

I generally think that people should have to pay to park at work because it discourages car use, which needs to happen because of climate change. I can't afford to park my car near my workplace, so I'm not being a hypocrite about this! I cycle or walk (and I live in a very hilly and wet city).

I think the NHS is a bit of an exception though, not least because of the severe hours and the nature of the work at the present moment (extra hours due to understaffing, shift work, lots of female staff leaving in the dark etc). I don't think nurses and doctors should have to pay to park.

@Belindabauer people do this on our road, and it's really annoying, but unfortunately perfectly legal!

I think that’s terrible.hospital staff should have free or reduced parking

I'm a student midwife. The cost at the hospital for staff is currently £45 a month. I think that's a very high amount to pay. At uni we have to pay either £4 a day or £28 a month which is a large portion of my bursary I could well do without having to pay.

The nhs should be an exception due to the hours they work.
I park at work, or did before I could walk. When dd was little there is no way I could have got to work on time using public transport. Not everyone has decent public transport.
19Lottie the hospital management have told all staff to use the park and ride, despite the fact that the buses don't run around the clock every 5 minutes.

Is it only NHS workers that shouldn't have to pay £££ to park? Other public services? Low paid workers? People who struggle to walk far?

Shift workers, Aor

My local district hospital's car parks are Council owned, not the hospital's. Staff are only allowed to park in the staff car park and it's £20/ shift. There is some on road parking a mile away but it's a horrible walk late at night. One Park and Ride goes to the hospital but starts at 7.00 (no good for early shifts that start at 6.45) and stops at 19.00, so useless for late shifts or 12 hr shifts that end at 21.00.

Any shift workers? Police, Fire, care workers etc? Public? Private?
9-5 admin staff pay full whack?

Lots of people who take their car to work have to pay for parking - why should nhs staff be any different?

I don't think you should have to pay for parking.

Have you asked about getting a staff pass? I'm a nurse, I pay £14 a month for parking x

I think paying to park can be part and parcel of any job, public or private sector, but the cost has to be proportionate, surely. What you pay seems OTT and very unfair.

No

I think it's outrageous tbh. Does the hospital actually get the money or does it go to a private firm?

Get the bus, cycle, walk, care share.

Lol at there being public transport options if you work 9-5. There really isn't.

That's outrageous
I'm surprised there hasn't been a protest from staff about it.
I worked in an NHS hospital on Surrey/London border and it was £20 per month (could never find a space but that's not the point).

I don’t use the car park at the hospital I work at, but apparently it’s £30 per month for a staff pass. Not sure if that’s for all staff or if it varies based on which pay band someone is in, but it was a band 5 staff nurse who told me that. They have a lot of car parks though! Presumably because it makes money for the trust.