Reply to: More ripoffs

[Lance]

I would rather the cost of the parking covered costs of running the car park and not make a profit. Some car parks need to remove the 2 hour limit and allow you to pay for longer.

The problem with the £10 charge is people that really can't afford it won't go and see the GP. Then if their illness gets worse then the cost of treating them could potentially be higher.

that's easy. If you're entitled to a free prescription then you go to the GP for free.
That covers kids, pensioners, chronic illnesses (including diabetes).

Oh and ban NHS funding of homeopathy and other non-medicines.

[woohoo]

I would rather they made the parking free but charge people £10 for a GP visit.

I would rather the cost of the parking covered costs of running the car park and not make a profit. Some car parks need to remove the 2 hour limit and allow you to pay for longer.

The problem with the £10 charge is people that really can't afford it won't go and see the GP. Then if their illness gets worse then the cost of treating them could potentially be higher.

[Lance]

I've no problem with the NHS charging for using their car parks, but I'd say that anybody with a valid reason for being at the hospital eg appointment/work/visiting should be able to have the charge removed provided they can prove their reason for being there. Work and appointments are pretty easy to validate, visiting would have to be by giving over the name of the person they visited etc. Then they can jack the parking price up to whatever stupid amount they like. Anybody proved to be abusing the system could be hit with an even bigger charge. The point is, nobody really chooses to visit a hospital. It's hardly a day out. The car parks should be there for those who need them and nobody else.

I would rather they made the parking free but charge people £10 for a GP visit.

[Lance]

Ah, you're right, I was wrong. I thought the car parks were managed by private firms.

some are. Hospitals outsource the parking in some instances.

[WTFH]

It's a tax, the nhs gets the revenue. Uses that money, it says to pay for patient care. So it's a tax.

Ah, you're right, I was wrong. I thought the car parks were managed by private firms.

[BoredBloke]

I've no problem with the NHS charging for using their car parks, but I'd say that anybody with a valid reason for being at the hospital eg appointment/work/visiting should be able to have the charge removed provided they can prove their reason for being there. Work and appointments are pretty easy to validate, visiting would have to be by giving over the name of the person they visited etc. Then they can jack the parking price up to whatever stupid amount they like. Anybody proved to be abusing the system could be hit with an even bigger charge. The point is, nobody really chooses to visit a hospital. It's hardly a day out. The car parks should be there for those who need them and nobody else.

[woohoo]

It's not a tax, because it's paid to a company, not the government.
NHS car parks, council car parks, etc are run by private companies who make up the fines/invoices and count the cash. It's almost like a PFI.

It's a tax, the nhs gets the revenue. Uses that money, it says to pay for patient care. So it's a tax.

[darmstadt]

that's switzerland fecked then. you can't even wash your clothes on sundays - oh, and germany,
regulations for everything

its why our mentally challenged expats love it!

Although it seems that the UK has overtaken the rest of the world in regulations, petty little laws, H & S bollocks and so on (as evidenced by this thread and another one about speeding). Maybe you're all turning into little wet behind the ears mummies boys

[WTFH]

It's a tax as simple as that.

It's not a tax, because it's paid to a company, not the government.
NHS car parks, council car parks, etc are run by private companies who make up the fines/invoices and count the cash. It's almost like a PFI.

[vetran]

that's switzerland fecked then. you can't even wash your clothes on sundays - oh, and germany,
regulations for everything

its why our mentally challenged expats love it!

[BR14]

"Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges" ( "The more corrupt the state, the more profuse the laws" )

-- Cornelius Tacitus

that's switzerland fecked then. you can't even wash your clothes on sundays - oh, and germany,
regulations for everything

[Lance]

It's a tax as simple as that.

Yep.

Maybe when they put income tax up to 30% and enforce IR35 type rules on all PSCs then you can park (and speed) for free.

[vetran]

Yep in the process of doing this.

Another, moan but a sign of the times is that the misses went to the hospital, she could only pay for a max of 2 hours, i think.

Of course, the consultant wanted to do more tests, now she was in the hospital waiting for the consultant, she could not just walk out and pay for 2 hours more.

So, then the misses gets a penalty of x pounds. She called the hospital and they then direct her to the company looking after the car park. Apparently, it's nothing to do with them.

The car park company don't take phone calls, you have to write to them and yep you get the bog standard rejection letter.

You can't reasonably do anything else. It's a tax as simple as that.

This is what your local MP / Councillor of whatever flavour is for!

use em & abuse them.

[woohoo]

Look like you just have to challenge the penalty.

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/penalty-ch...enalty-charges

Yep in the process of doing this.

Another, moan but a sign of the times is that the misses went to the hospital, she could only pay for a max of 2 hours, i think.

Of course, the consultant wanted to do more tests, now she was in the hospital waiting for the consultant, she could not just walk out and pay for 2 hours more.

So, then the misses gets a penalty of x pounds. She called the hospital and they then direct her to the company looking after the car park. Apparently, it's nothing to do with them.

The car park company don't take phone calls, you have to write to them and yep you get the bog standard rejection letter.

You can't reasonably do anything else. It's a tax as simple as that.

[OwlHoot]

Aye, in a rule based society they just keep on bringing out new rules. ..

"Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges" ( "The more corrupt the state, the more profuse the laws" )

-- Cornelius Tacitus