[Margaret Pilkington]

When I first started work at QPH...which was what it was long before it was the RBH...parking was free.........and we had loads of car crime....cars being broken into, wing mirrors ripped off windscreens broken...just for fun.
The hospital brought in parking charges which paid for the car park to be manned and patrolled, it paid for security cameras and increased the lighting of the site.......car crime dropped to almost Zero......the hospital did not make a profit....every penny that was levied went back into the security.
I for one was happy to pay my parking charges knowing that my vehicle (which was essential for me to get to duty) was being looked after.
The parking attendants were also extremely helpful if, after a 13 hour shift you found yourself with a flat tyre.......although strictly it wasn't part of their remit, they would help you to change a wheel.
Now i haven't worked at that hospital for 5 years so i don't know what the situation is now, with regard to whether the hospital makes a profit on Parking charges. Parking charges are a fact of life and I suppose if you drive, you have to be prepared to pay to park.