Press Release
Contact: Richard Burt 07970 713 032
Embargo: Immediate 27th March 2007
‘£1,296,307 A YEAR IS WHAT WE PAID TO PARK IN WORCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS’ –
RICHARD BURT
Figures uncovered by West Worcestershire’s Liberal Democrat Parliamentary
Candidate, Richard Burt reveal that Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is one
of highest earning Trusts for car parking charges in the country, coining in
over one and a quarter million pounds a year – the eleventh highest total out of
250 Trusts.
According to a list released by the Estates Return Information Collection for
2005/6, patients and visitors have shelled out vast sums of cash to visit
hospital for treatment or to spend time with friends or family on wards.
Richard Burt said:
“I am very concerned about the level of funding which now comes from car parking
charges.
“The cost of parking has gone through the roof and, for patients who have to
undergo treatment regularly, the charges can be a real financial burden.
MacMillan Cancer Support have also raised concerns about the level of charges
for those receiving regular cancer treatment.
“It seems perverse that one of the most expensive places to park these days is
in a hospital car park, and there really isn’t any choice for many who have to
make regular journeys to hospital from rural areas,” added Mr Burt.
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