Car Parking

The Trust is set to introduce a more flexible, lower car parking charge at its New Cross site.

Visitors and patients will now be able to park for up to one hour for just £1. A slight increase on other parking charges will be made.

The Trust has not raised public charging since 2005, some seven years. These changes will come into effect from Monday 5 March.

As the site is under increasing pressure for parking, it means the Trust needs to encourage people to think differently about how they travel and consider alternative, more sustainable methods of transport, for example by using public transport

Compared with neighbouring Trusts, New Cross is currently the same, or cheaper for its parking charges.

Comparative table

Time	New Cross	Russells Hall	Heartlands	Queen Elizabeth	Coventry & Warwicks	Shrewsbury & Telford	Sandwell	Walsall	Stafford
One hour	£1	£1.30	£2	£2.50	£2	£2	£2.10	£2	£2
Two hours	£3	£2	£3	£3.60	£2.80	£2	£3.10	£3	£2.50
Three hours	£3	£3.20	£3	£3.70	£3.50	£2	£3.60	£4	£3
Four hours	£4	£3.20	£3	£4.30	£4.20	£2	£3.60	£5	£3.50
Five hours	£5	£3.20	£3	£5	£5.40	£2	£3.60	£5	£3.50
Six hours	£5	£3.20	£4	£5.60	£6.60	£2	£4.10	£5	£4
Eight hours	£5	£3.20	£4	£6.20	£6.60	£2	£5	£6	£6
Over eight hours	£5	£5.40	£5	£12.50	£7.70	£2	£5	£6	£6
Weekly ticket	£14	£12		£17.40		£8		£10	£8

Those on low incomes are eligible to access reimbursements if they can show proof of their benefit entitlement. It means they will be able to claim back their travel expenses if travelling by car or bus.

The Trust has liaised with local health watchdog LINks about the new tariff which has been supportive of the changes. Disabled parking charges are due to be reviewed and expect to be brought in line with those of other Trusts.

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