Bazj Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Just read on the news pages that the hospital is to ban staff from parking on the main car park but there is no mention of where they are expected to park..... when you think that a large majority of the workers there are female, surely the trust should provide them with priority parking; especially if they are working on an early shift (when it is pitch black at this time of year) or on the night shift? It also states that the charges are not increasing and that blue badge holders can continue to park for free.... why don't blue badge holders have to pay like everyone else? They already get free cars in a lot of cases and free or negligable insurance too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Staff who are on site all, or most, of the day shouldn't be allowed to park onsite at all. The hospital could quite easily provide secure offsite parking with a shuttle bus at shift change times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Staff who are on site all, or most, of the day shouldn't be allowed to park onsite at all. The hospital could quite easily provide secure offsite parking with a shuttle bus at shift change times. same could be said for visitors Inky... there are at least 8 or 10 buses an hour passing the hospital that visitors could use and the the last thing staff need after a 12 hour night shift is to wait for stragglers and then faff about travelling in the opposite direction to where they live to pick up a car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Many visitors, and most patients attending appointments, are a lot less able to get on and off a bus than a hospital staff member! And I did say "all day", there's little or no parking problem after all the day clinics have closed down so no problem with night shift staff parking on site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skittles Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 I would have thought the answer is to build another Meccano car park like they did around the back of the hospital. Maybe there is also some opportunity to take some clinics off site, after all there is the new Jubilee center, soon to open the center were the old baths were and I am sure there are many other facilities around Warrington. Wonder how much admin is carried out on site that could be done some place else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Baz. Who gets free cars? As far as I am aware, A large part of their Disability Benefit goes towards the "lease of the car". So therefore not free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 I got the impression that most of the Meccano car park was for staff in any case :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 The tops level(s) are for staff the bottom levels are for anyone (well they were 3 months ago unless it's changed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 by 3 pm there are many staff spaces available and by the second visit - 6.30 - there lots more. Maybe parking should be allowed in staff spaces after a certain time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 What, use the available parking spaces for whoever can put them to best use instead of keeping them reserved 24x7 for staff who are only on site weekdays during the day? FAR too sensible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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