Hospital Parking

Don’t wait until something comes through your letterbox. Phone either the hospital or the parking company and tell them what you’ve written here, telling them that if they look at the time stamps they will see that you didn’t have time to park.

Be pro-active and get in touch. It’s always harder to fight it after the fact.

iirc you had a post, either here or on MM about a dash camera – do you have one and was it running?? If so that’s evidence to back you up.

Try the hospital website – there might be information and contact numbers there.

Bob, too right though it does not making parking spaces available… Apparently with ‘our lot’ you just stick the card, (well paper) on the dashboard and you can park in any available space. You do not register a car at all as sometimes a different ‘helper’ might be acting as driver.

I have made a copy and laminated both the original and the copy as I suspect there will be a considerable amount of use racked up, – four visits since the pre-assessment. It does offer a big help and should be available to assist anyone with this issue. It is hard enough with all the visits anyway.

Take a strong case or bag for the paperwork… It will grow as the visits go ahead. It is well worth reading through it all as there are all sorts of nuggets of help, interest and guidance – well my wife’s bundle does anyway. She now has the wig, scarves/hats and the PICC waterproof on order.

We are spoilt in Wales, our parking is free. Just like our prescriptions.

They did try start pay and display, but it only lasted about 6 months and stopped. That was probably 7 years ago. Lucky for us, as over the last five years, I use it a lot.

I never use the wife’s blue badge. I’ll always drop her at the door, then park up and catch up, she doesn’t move that quick.

Tbh I’m not to sure on the rules of the badge. And I’m fully able to walk etc, so I don’t mind dropping her, and leaving the space for someone that does have mobility issues.

The badge badge came after the car. Took her about 3 years, to get the disability or whatever it is. It lives in the glove box as our car is the only one she goes in.

Re the rules I’ve never looked them up proper. I found out about London when I was paying one day, and I found out about the tolls stuff at the same time. Other than that, we don’t really have a need for it. She gets dropped of at the door of wherever we are going, and I’ll go and park.

Sometimes it’s the best 3 mins of the day, pure silence lol

What does annoy me a little is people that use the badge and the spaces, that don’t have movement issues. I know they have a badge, and may well have an awful disability. But if it was me, I couldn’t take the space if I could walk fine.

Just cos you can, doesn’t mean you should.

I’d die of shame if I was parked in a disability spot,even if I was escorting the wife, and an oap or disabled person stopped and asked why I was there. I could point to the badge and tell the to f-off, (I’ve seen it done), but I’d just die of shame, and move the car for someone who needs it.

I think of it as if it was my wife wanting to get somewhere, I’d hope she could get a space, and thst someone who has an escort driver would move for her.as the escort driver is fine to walk 100m extra.

That’s how I see it. Also if your blind and driving, I’d let them park close to.though I doubt there are many blind drivers.

johnbarry wrote:

Thanks Bob It says that chemo-Radio patients get a reduction. At this stage we only have an appointment for the Oncologist. In affect the pre run was only a run. When she does see the Oncologist we will park in a car park and pay on exit, she has chemo at another hospital and as your hospital chemo patients don’t pay. This hospital doesn’t do radio therapy, or it would be no problem with parking. Richard She has had the picc since January, the hair came out after the second chemo, she has the wig but prefers the hat and scarf. The hats are a bit much for her while the sun is out. The next Chemo (6th) is her last then she goes onto Radio Therapy. Hence the change of hospital and the parking difference.

That makes it all clear, there is some emotional investment many women feel about items such as hair. Thought she wanted to continue as before with false hair if necessary, but with hair. So she got the wig matched to her hair before anything happens. there is a slight softening of that feeling as she also bought the hats, in case they are more comfortable – I suspect they may be more useful at the end of the day.

I can see your problem with the parking at the new site. I do not know if radiotherapy will come on my wife’s agenda or where it could be, only time will tell.Most services are at the same site, so the oncologist the chemo, blood tests, dispensing, etc. are all there. The current hospital pass is till mid December, so things might change by then. In the past I parked off site across the road(s) in the town centre, it is cheaper. However, now things are changing, especially the available time to get things done. So where possible I use a different hospital for my blood tests, etc. as parking is easier, cheaper and if you choose your times, the service is faster. Time does become a serious issue when you are packing a number of appointments into the week, last week it was 6, this week it looks like ‘only’ being four, but they are all on two days.

Someone said that we were lucky in Wales – free hospital car parking.  True.

When you had to pay you could find spaces to park, now that it’s free the ones I have been to are jam packed and probably not all of the ‘visitors’ are patients – far too many ‘car sharing’ and using the hospital free car park as a meeting place.

The law of unintended consequences?

The only only ozzy I have issue with parking is Wrexham. Both Glan Clwyd (I go 3 plus times a week) and Bangor probably once a month, I never have issue with parking. Bangor is my fav to visit, as the carpark to hospital ration is the best out of all the ozzys I visit. Always space on the back top carparkm

Glan Clwyd if it’s near visiting time, can fill up, but that’s excapable . I still don’t get why people park outside the ozzy during the day, just to fey tickets. There is always space, the pace is covered in carparks.

The one in Manchester we go (Christies iirc) , probably evey 6 to 8 weeks, is paid, and never had space. Ever. Tbh I’m yet to actually find a proper carpark it’s just small sections scattered around the complex. Though there is a great old cemetery close

Wrexhams carpark seems large, and it’s sprawling, but never in all my time have I found a space. I usually park, and stay in the car, around the back where the laundry vans pick up drop off, and just move out their way as needed. Or I’ll just go and park on the local cemetery and have a nap.

Gabaowyn (the one i go yearly) is an out layer, it has great car parks but is pay and display. But the hospital is so efficient I’ve never had to pay, as every time Ive drove in someone has been driving out with unexpired tickets, and handed it me. So I can’t recall ever paying over the last 10 years. I think the people at 9am pay them the tickets are just handed around all day.

Wow, I could write a book on hospital car parks, and where best to park of full.

Thankfully zero ozzy trips this week. But over all I’m yet to see these unintended concequences over parking, and I’m there often.

I’d rather have to spend 5 mins looking for a spot, than the oppersite, where staff and long term patients can’t afford to park on the carpark, so the streets around the hospitals get filled up, upsetting locals and causing some traffic issues (all legal, thr illegal can have tickets) , leaving a half empty carpark, just Sat there cos of its expence. Irrc the CP was about £3 for half a day, that adds up fast if your going often. Not the biggest of deals if you go once a week, but alot of people need to go every day. Workers, patients , and family.