City Hospitals to charge for parking
Evening Times
By Chris Musson
Crime Reporter
Parking charges are to be introduced at every hospital in the Glasgow area from this summer.
Patients, staff and visitors will all have to pay under the scheme, which the Evening Times first revealed in February.
Further details of the scheme were confirmed by health bosses today, and it emerged the roll-out will begin by the summer and be finished by the end of the year.
Bosses at Greater Glasgow & Clyde faced a backlash from workers when charges were brought in last year at the city's Royal infirmary.
Now the health board says all of its sites wil be covered by the new charging scheme, including its city centre headquarters.
Bosses say they had "no real choice" but to impose the fees.
A spokeswoman for Greater Glasgow & Clyde said it was expected the charges would be standard across the city. At the Royal Infirmary, the fees are 90p an hour. The health board blames people, including shoppers and residents for stealing the spaces, and says there simply isn't enough space to go round.
Health Union Unison hit out last August when the parking charges were introduced at the Royal.
One nurse said she would have to spend 12% of her annual salary - around £2028 - on parking at the site's new multistorey.
A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde said: "The policy is being rolled out in a staged basis. The first stage will see charges imposed over the summer at NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde's HQ at Dalian House, as well as the Western Infirmary and Yorkhill hospitals.
"In following months, charges will be imposed at other sites in Glasgow, starting with Gartnavel General and Royal Hospitals."
By Chris Musson
Crime Reporter
Parking charges are to be introduced at every hospital in the Glasgow area from this summer.
Patients, staff and visitors will all have to pay under the scheme, which the Evening Times first revealed in February.
Further details of the scheme were confirmed by health bosses today, and it emerged the roll-out will begin by the summer and be finished by the end of the year.
Bosses at Greater Glasgow & Clyde faced a backlash from workers when charges were brought in last year at the city's Royal infirmary.
Now the health board says all of its sites wil be covered by the new charging scheme, including its city centre headquarters.
Bosses say they had "no real choice" but to impose the fees.
A spokeswoman for Greater Glasgow & Clyde said it was expected the charges would be standard across the city. At the Royal Infirmary, the fees are 90p an hour. The health board blames people, including shoppers and residents for stealing the spaces, and says there simply isn't enough space to go round.
Health Union Unison hit out last August when the parking charges were introduced at the Royal.
One nurse said she would have to spend 12% of her annual salary - around £2028 - on parking at the site's new multistorey.
A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde said: "The policy is being rolled out in a staged basis. The first stage will see charges imposed over the summer at NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde's HQ at Dalian House, as well as the Western Infirmary and Yorkhill hospitals.
"In following months, charges will be imposed at other sites in Glasgow, starting with Gartnavel General and Royal Hospitals."
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