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That
this House supports the Park the Car, Park the Charges Campaign by Action for Sick
Children; notes that a telephone audit of 67 hospital trusts done by Action for Sick
Children revealed that some hospital trusts are charging flat rates of around £2 an hour,
bringing a 24-hour stay to around £50, whilst some trusts only charge £1 per day, and
that the average parking charge for a 24 hour stay was £8.50 with more than a third of
respondents charging more than £10 per day; notes that for many parents, when a child
needs hospital treatment, public transport does not allow them to juggle work commitments
and looking after other children; and therefore calls on the Government both to radically
improve public transport and to direct hospital trusts to replace unnecessary parking
costs with family-friendly provisions for parents visiting a child in hospital. |
