The Consumer watchdog Which? carried out a review of parking policies in the different NHS trusts around the UK and found wide variation in the prices charged and the amount of clamping that takes place. According to Which?, 70% of people have experienced problems with an NHS hospital car park and for nearly half, parking made what can be a very stressful time even worse.In September last year, former health secretary Andy Burnham announced that hospital car parking charges for in-patients, their families and friends would be scrapped within three years in England. The coalition Government has no current plans to carry this out.
Speaking as a medical student, of the hospitals I visit a days parking can vary from £3 to £10, I'm sure someone is making a tidy profit somewhere. Hopefully the money is going into the trust and improving patient care. You can read the full news story here.
In other news this week.
Unhealthy living 'almost universal' in Scotland (BBC) (CBC)
Thousands of hospital patients dying 'because too few senior staff work weekends' (Telegraph)
A University of Calgary student has taken the University to court saying it violaiolated his constitutional right to freedom of speech when it disciplined him over Facebook comments. (CBC)
The WHO is pleading to increase blood donation in poorer countries (CBC)
Are GPs up for the challenge posted by the new government? (BBC)
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