Ministers have come under pressure over suggestions NHS workers may soon have to pay to park at their own hospitals again
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A Tory peer and doctors' union are among those calling for the exemption brought into force at the start of theHealthcare staff were told at the end of March the government would cover their parking fees for"going above and beyond every day" as they tackledBut health minister Edward Argar has now said he is looking at how long the support will"need" to go on.
"The provision of free parking for NHS staff by NHS Trusts has not ended and nothing has changed since the announcement on 25 March," he wrote in response to a question in parliament."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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