Stop charging NHS staff to park at hospitals · petition

What the petition asks

Implement free parking at NHS hospitals for staff. Especially at this time of crisis, it is unacceptable to expect nurses doctors and other hospital staff pay up to £80 a week to park at 348 hospitals across the UK.

They are doing arguably the most important job right now, for all of us.

NHS staff are taking care of us all when we need it the most and them being charged to go to work is completely unfair. Many work night shifts and therefore public transport is not an option.

Reference: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/09/hospital-staff-paying-80-week-car-parking-charges/

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

22 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee