Parking charges for patients and visitors are being reintroduced at Nottingham hospitals.
Nottingham University Hospitals' Trust, which runs City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, will be making the changes starting on Monday, January 11.
Parking has been free at the two hospitals since the start of the pandemic but rising car park costs means the trust has made the decision to reintroduce the charges.
Warning notices will be left on vehicles that are parked in such a way as to be likely to receive a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from January 11.
No vehicle or driver details will be collected during this "reintroduction" phase of issuing warning notices, according to the trust.
Director of Estates and Facilities, Andrew Chatten, said: “Since the start of the pandemic our car parking barriers have been up, and our car parks have been open to the public, free of charge, to allow patients to easily access our hospitals. Parking remains free for those patients with long-term conditions who need regular, repeat visits to hospital such as for chemotherapy and dialysis”.
“Running and maintaining our car parks is expensive and these costs are rising year-on-year. All of the money we make from parking charges goes back into funding maintenance, upkeep, security, improvements to our roads and car parks and supporting provision of the popular Medilink bus service, which connects the park and ride facilities with our two hospitals.”
Patient and parking visitor charges as of January 11:
Up to 30 minutes - FREE
Up to 1 hour - £2
Up to 2 hours - £4
Up to 4 hours - £5.50
Up to 8 hours - £6.50
Up to 24 hours - £8
Weekly - £20
Monthly - £30
