NHS Car Parking Charges

My ward includes Ninewells Hospital which is a great facility for local people. Ninewells is a massive facility and thousands of people visit it every day. This brings lots of traffic, it is worth pointing out that there are excellent bus connections with Ninewells. There are car parking charges at Ninewells and this means that some people who work at or visit Ninewells park in the streets around Ninewells. This has a detrimental impact on local people. I welcome the Scottish Government's abolition of car parking charges at most hospitals, I want fairness for Dundee and I want car parking charges abolished at Ninewells. Paul Martin MSP is promoting a bill to abolish car parking charges at hospitals. To find out more about Paul's Bill and to take action to support him and to support UNISON's campaign to abolish car parking charges click here.

Call for Support for NHS Parking Charges Bill

West End Councillor Richard McCready today called on all the MSPs who represent Ninewells Hospital to support the NHS Parking Charges (Scotland) Bill which is sponsored by Paul Martin MSP. The Scottish Government has abolished car parking charges at most hospitals in Scotland, but not at Ninewells Hospital.

Councillor Richard McCready said, 'I have contacted the MSP for Dundee West and the Regional List MSPs for North-East Scotland to ask them to support Paul Martin's Bill which would abolish car parking charges at Ninewells. This campaign is supported by the trade union UNISON, they believe that car parking charges at Ninewells are a tax on the sick as well as staff. If it is right to abolish car parking charges at most other hospitals in Scotland then it is right to abolish car parking charges at every hospital in Scotland.'

'Car parking charges at Ninewells cause many people who are visiting or who work at Ninewells to park in the surrounding areas. This has a major impact on local people who find cars parked in their neighbourhoods. I think that this bill would be good to for people in these areas. This is an issue of fairness, if it is fair to abolish car parking charges elsewhere, car parking charges should be abolished at Ninewells.'