All over the BBC this morning ref the proposal that hospital car parking should be free.
'NHS Providers, which represents health managers, has also defended parking charges, saying fees can be used to ensure parking facilities are maintained, lit well, and secure, with any surplus reinvested back into wider services for patients.'
At my local DGH, car parking is operated by a private outfit set up by a couple of ex taxi drivers. It has proved impossible to find out how much of their revenue goes back to the Trust.