Call for abolition of hospital car parking charges

The local Sinn Féin health spokesperson said: “Health care staff have been dealing with huge pressures in the system for years even prior COVID-19 and they should not have to face what are sometimes considerable daily parking charges just to provide vital frontline services to the public.

“Hospital parking charges also place a considerable burden on the most vulnerable such as those with serious health conditions, their families and carers who frequently attend hospital for their treatments.

“My party colleague MLA for West Belfast Fra McCann is bringing forward a Private Members Bill to abolish hospital charges across the north. This is an important step forward in supporting our health care workers and protecting our most vulnerable from the unfair financial burden of parking charges.”