Northampton General Hospital patients paid £1.2 million in parking charges last year Northampton General Hospital raked in £1.2 million from parking charges paid by patients and visitors last year, it has been revealed.
The trust made a further £550,690 from charges and penalty fines incurred by NHS workers during the same period.
Patients’ rights campaigners the Patients Association has criticised the existence of parking charges for patients, describing them as “a charge on people who are unwell, levied on them because they are unwell.”
However, chief executive Rachel Power said they were a way for hospitals to generate revenue at a time when they are under “immense” financial pressure. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
The trust made a further £550,690 from charges and penalty fines incurred by NHS workers during the same period.
Patients’ rights campaigners the Patients Association has criticised the existence of parking charges for patients, describing them as “a charge on people who are unwell, levied on them because they are unwell.”
However, chief executive Rachel Power said they were a way for hospitals to generate revenue at a time when they are under “immense” financial pressure. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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