Nurses and hospital staff working between the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital have raised serious concerns over parking. One nurse of 30 years revealed she is now "stressed" and ready to leave her job because she is unable to park at work and has been told to get to work from the north of the county by other means.
Parking fees were waived across the country at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic but Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the end of the benefit from Friday, April 1. Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), the trust running Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, said it would not however be reinforcing the charge until "early summer".
Staff however have complained about the overall parking situation at the two hospitals, including unreliable public transport offers, despite this. The issue stems around workers not being able to use the limited staff car park without obtaining a permit, because the patient and visitor car parks must be kept for its designated use only, and those who do not have a permit have been told to get to work by other means.
