New guidelines have been drawn up to put an end to the stress of 'unfair' charges
Opinion: I have to
say that if a Hospital hasn’t organised their parking charges yet and grasped
how the start of a Hospital visit is not with a Physician but a Parking Attendant
yet …… Readers here know my feelings on
this subject.
From the article here that tells us that a Minister of the Crown
must force District Health Trusts in the UK (Boards in NZ) to get their parking
organised properly and look after the chronically ill and disabled, tells us a
lot about the actual Boards and their governance. They appear to believe that the Hospital only
starts at the swoosh of the automatic doors on the front of the building.
While the patients suffer poorly designed and operated car parks
and with contracted operators who take advantage of the lack of oversight, the Trusts
(Boards) may wonder why they have a high number of non-appearances or patients worried
about their car while they should be worried about their health!
This article is a good reminder to District Health Boards in
New Zealand
to take the opportunity to get it right before the Minister of Health
intervenes.
Article:
Relatives of chronically ill patients must be given free or
cheap hospital parking under new rules announced by the Government.
Patients with disabilities and those with frequent
appointments as well as staff working shifts will also benefit from the shake-up,
according to Jeremy Hunt.
The Health Secretary said new guidelines for English
hospitals had been drawn up to put an end to the stress of “unfair” charges.
