To remove all parking charges and make parking free for NHS workers

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We’re relying heavily on the NHS during such hard times and Staff are under so much pressure and stress as it is, without having to pay parking charges. £3.20 - £10 A DAY in some cases. The government should remove all car park charges (private and non private) to ALL NHS staff.

NHS workers are working around the clock, 12 hours a day (sometimes more), 4-6 days a week and staff are still being made to pay to park on hospital grounds. During this pandemic they are under even more stress to save people’s lives from the virus as well as the usual medical care. Charging NHS workers to park every day when they’re working so hard and making themselves ill from the stress they’re under and sheer number of hours they’re doing, shouldn’t be another added stressor.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Since you started this petition, the Government have announced that they will provide free car parking for all NHS and social care staff. You can read more about this here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-provide-free-car-parking-for-nhs-and-social-care-staff

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/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

23 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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