Petition · past parliament
Free hospital parking for NHS staff
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Currently NHS staff (Doctors, Nurses, Allied health care practitioners etc) are either ineligible or have to pay extremely high prices to park at the hospitals where we work.
In these exceptional times where we will be working long antisocial hours free parking should be available to NHS staff.
In these exceptional times where we will be working long antisocial hours free parking should be available to NHS staff.
Many people dont know that NHS staff have to pay high prices for parking and not all are eligible.
Hospitals make millions of pounds each year from parking tickets and fines and although you can argue we are at a time where more money needs to be injected in to our NHS many members of staff will struggle to get in to work due to difficulties with public transport.
In the current climate which we are facing we will be working long anti-social hours so to be able to get to work is essential.
Hospitals make millions of pounds each year from parking tickets and fines and although you can argue we are at a time where more money needs to be injected in to our NHS many members of staff will struggle to get in to work due to difficulties with public transport.
In the current climate which we are facing we will be working long anti-social hours so to be able to get to work is essential.
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/
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
| 23 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Mar 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Mar 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.