Hospital parking charges are a disgrace. At our local hospital you are only allowed a full refund for repeat visits if your relative is a terminal patient.
When our twins were in the neo-natal unit we could get a charge capped at £2 a day if we had a chit signed and stamped by a medical staff member, nice having to harass a tired medic for the stamp and nice when we were often stressed too and then having to get the usually really miserable, and often absent, security staff to validate it just so we could go home.
£2 a day isn't a lot to see your babies but at £84 for 6 weeks it was a charge we resented, particularly as the money doesn't go into the coffers of the Health Trust to help patient care but goes straight into the pockets of the crony private finance initiative consortium. Why aren't these pfi investments opened up to local small investors, I would put money in, high return for apparently zero risk seems better than I can get else where - and surely Us local patients would be happier about the money flows? H