A Liberal Democrat MP has called for clarity and said healthcare workers must not be 'saddled with extortionate parking charges'.
NHS healthcare workers need clarity over the future of free hospital parking after a health minister announced funding for it"cannot continue indefinitely", a Liberal Democrat MP has said.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on 25 March that the government would cover the parking costs of NHS staff who were"going above and beyond every day" during theBut health minister Edward Argar has since said the government is looking at how long this support will"need" to go on. In response to a written question from Labour MP Rachael Maskell, he said:"The provision of free parking for National Health Service staff by NHS Trusts has not ended and nothing has changed since the announcement on 25 March.
"However, free parking for staff has only been made possible by support from local authorities and independent providers and this support cannot continue indefinitely."
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