Staff at hospitals across Nottinghamshire will not have to pay for parking - despite the charge being reintroduced across the country. NHS workers at hospitals in the city and wider county will avoid paying until at least later this year.
Parking fees were waived across the country at the beginning of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, but Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the end of the benefit from Friday, April 1. However, Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), the trust running Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, said it would not be reinforcing the charge until "early summer".
Andrew Chatten, director of estates and facilities at NUH, said the trust was implementing new automatic number plate recognition technology and a parking permit system for staff. "As a result of this, we will not reintroduce parking charges until the new system is up and running in early summer," he said.
