Hospital parking hike adds stress, patients say
From 31 July hourly parking charges will increase, such as the cost of three hours of parking will rise from £4 to £6 and the daily rate will grow from £10 to £18. Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Priyanka Salamonczyk runs antenatal classes in ChelmsfordThe 34-year-old is the founder of the Unbiased Birth Club and runs antenatal classes in Chelmsford. The 39-year-old described the 20 minutes of free parking "pointless"."I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anybody that ever got in and out of Broomfield Hospital in 30 minutes, so it always seems like a bit of a pointless kind of advertisement," she said."Your appointment's never on time...
- ▪From 31 July hourly parking charges will increase, such as the cost of three hours of parking will rise from £4 to £6 and the daily rate will grow from £10 to £18.
- ▪Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Priyanka Salamonczyk runs antenatal classes in ChelmsfordThe 34-year-old is the founder of the Unbiased Birth Club and runs antenatal classes in Chelmsford.
- ▪The 39-year-old described the 20 minutes of free parking "pointless"."I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anybody that ever got in and out of Broomfield Hospital in 30 minutes, so it always seems like a bit of a pointless kind of advertis
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Hospital parking hike adds stress, patients sayImage source, Owen Ward/BBCImage caption, The trust uses automatic number plate recognition to track the length of time cars are parkedByHenry Godfrey-EvansEssexPublished6 minutes agoA hike in parking costs at several hospitals will cause "additional stress" for pregnant patients, an antenatal expert said.On Friday the cost to park at Basildon University Hospital, Broomfield Hospital, Southend University Hospital and Orsett Hospital increased by about 50% and free parking at the sites reduced from 30 to 20 minutes.Priyanka Salamonczyk said she spent £97.10 parking at Broomfield Hospital to attend appointments when she was pregnant, which would now cost £142.50.The Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSENFT) said its operational costs…
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