Hospital parking charges pay and display

Crock Rock

Is pay & display really appropriate at hospital car parks?

I recently had an appointment at a north Dublin hospital for an MRI. My appointment time was for 3pm.

I parked up at 2:30 pm and paid enough in the pay and display to get me until 6 pm. I was told my scan would only take 2 hours (ie, until 5 pm).

I went in, and I was 20 minutes late being seen to. I had to get two parts of me scanned, but the machine malfunctioned between runs and a technician was called (not a major fault, something that was fixed within 30 minutes or so). I was in my hospital gown and wasn't in a position to leave to top up the metre between runs as I had a contrast dye drip hooked up to me.

In the end, I ended up back at my car at 6:20.

I wasn't clamped or fined, but image I was! Imagine I was a patient doing dialysis or chemotherapy or radiotherapy and being clamped added to the stress. Yes, you can appeal. But you have to pay first and fight tooth and nail for your refund from the clamper.

I understand charges to prevent commuters from abusing the spots (barrier parking). But pay and display is needless stress and worry.

corner of hells

Crock Rock wrote: »

Is pay & display really appropriate at hospital car parks?

I recently had an appointment at a north Dublin hospital for an MRI. My appointment time was for 3pm.

I parked up at 2:30 pm and paid enough in the pay and display to get me until 6 pm. I was told my scan would only take 2 hours (ie, until 5 pm).

I went in, and I was 20 minutes late being seen to. I had to get two parts of me scanned, but the machine malfunctioned between runs and a technician was called (not a major fault, something that was fixed within 30 minutes or so). I was in my hospital gown and wasn't in a position to leave to top up the metre between runs as I had a contrast dye drip hooked up to me.

In the end, I ended up back at my car at 6:20.

I wasn't clamped or fined, but image I was! Imagine I was a patient doing dialysis or chemotherapy or radiotherapy and being clamped added to the stress. Yes, you can appeal. But you have to pay first and fight tooth and nail for your refund from the clamper.

I understand charges to prevent commuters from abusing the spots (barrier parking). But pay and display is needless stress and worry.

If you buy your own clamp and use it in the hospital carpark, you'll be fine.

Crock Rock

corner of hells wrote: »

If you buy your own clamp and use it in the hospital carpark, you'll be fine.

:rolleyes:

Nigel Fairservice

I was a regular visitor to CUH last summer for a while. The parking is expensive and adds up. The parking pay stations in CUH don't take contactless card or chip and pin so you always needed change. They don't even make it easy to pay.

Purple Mountain

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I was a regular visitor to CUH last summer for a while. The parking is expensive and adds up. The parking pay stations in CUH don't take contactless card or chip and pin so you always needed change. They don't even make it easy to pay.

Same in Clonmel, I was visiting someone last week.
Had no cash on me, ATM no where nearby.
Had to scab €4 from someone.

Better Than Christ

St Vincent's offers a reduced rate to the next-of-kin of long-term inpatients. Other hospitals probably do too. It's not widely known though. I was paying around €12 a day for months until a liaison nurse informed me that I could get a permit for half-price parking.

Guy:Incognito

If hospitals had free parking thered never be a space in them for the people using the hospital. Especially in Dublin, every one of them would be used as a park and ride for town or as parking for people working in the area.

branie2

Clamping in hospitals should not be allowed!

KaneToad

Crock Rock wrote: »

Clampers at hospital car parks are scum

They are just doing their job. Your ire should be directed at the hospital.

If they didn’t charge then ****ers would park in them for work and you wouldn’t be able to go at all.

endacl

Crock Rock wrote: »

Clampers at hospital car parks are scum

Clampers in any car park are scum. Not saying they’re not necessary, but in a full-employment economy, it takes a particular type of ar5ehole to apply for the job.

RoryMac

They very rarely clamp in hospital car parks outside of Dublin, they might put a ticket on the car but never follow it up incase they get bad publicity.

But as someone said earlier if there were no parking charges this would be abused by people not visiting the hospital and make getting a spot next to impossible

Crock Rock

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If hospitals had free parking thered never be a space in them for the people using the hospital. Especially in Dublin, every one of them would be used as a park and ride for town or as parking for people working in the area.

Already acknowledged in my OP. Is reading comprehension your weaknesses?

Why can't they have standard barrier parking instead of pay and display forcing patients to rush back at a specific time.

Guy:Incognito

Crock Rock wrote: »

Already acknowledged in my OP. Is reading comprehension your weaknesses?

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:rolleyes: My apologies , I missed the part of your post where only you may make a point and must approve other peoples posts.


and why the **** did you thank my post if you are moaning about it.

Crock Rock

So why can't they have barrier parking and if you see a doctor or have a scan etc, you get your card validatd for free.

Pay and display is a ridiculous system as it just adds stress to those in hospitals constantly watching the clock and waiting for the clamper to slither over to their car.

Widdershins

Considering my nearest hospital UHL serves a huge area aof County Clare and Limerick and people have no choice but to travel by car, I'm opposed to parking charges. If someone was quite hard up then who's to say they wouldnt avoid or put off going to hospital because they couldn't afford the €10 or so to park. Especially if they face getting clamped. UHL has barriers at the entrances anyway.

Pay & display is really not on at hospital parking, as invariably there will be a number of delays, whether public or private. I remember my aunt & her husband got clamped after my mother died. The car park wasn’t belonging to the Dublin hospital but it is there is facilitate extra parking. Naturally they were distraught after the occasion, but an official at the hospital took the situation in hand and they clamp was released without charge and the clampers gave their condolences.

Hospital charges are a thorny issue. Naturally companies running them have to pay their staff and make a profit. The HSE haven’t included subsidising parking in their budget. It!s a whole other issue, but it really is unjust that the sick and their relatives must pay exorbitant charges for parking. I don’t know what solution that lessens the costs for relatives whilst keeping out “park & ride” commuters would not involve costly administration.

Crock Rock

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If hospitals had free parking thered never be a space in them for the people using the hospital. Especially in Dublin, every one of them would be used as a park and ride for town or as parking for people working in the area.

Read my post again.

Good boy.

Ask an adult to read all the big words.

Bigbagofcans

They should have a grace period for 2 hours and then maybe pay after that.

Allinall

Crock Rock wrote: »

Read my post again.

Good boy.

Ask an adult to read all the big words.

Shame you weren't clamped.

Crock Rock

Allinall wrote: »

Shame you weren't clamped.

Why?

Because my important MRI was delayed and I was worried sick that I'd be clamped on top of it?

Crock Rock

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

They should have a grace period for 2 hours and then maybe pay after that.

I had private consultants who were often over two hours late. They often get held up in public appointments beforehand.

Graces7

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If hospitals had free parking thered never be a space in them for the people using the hospital. Especially in Dublin, every one of them would be used as a park and ride for town or as parking for people working in the area.

So validate genuine patients/visitors and charge intruders? Not rocket science.

Guy:Incognito

Crock Rock wrote: »

Read my post again.

Good boy.

Ask an adult to read all the big words.

You werent in for a check up on your dementia by any chance were you? You replied to that post already.



Anywho, any hospital I've been to in Dublin has a barrier system. I'd imagine if you have an issue with the way a particular hospital runs its parking, you should take it up with them, or use a different car park.

Crock Rock

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You werent in for a check up on your dementia by any chance were you? You replied to that post already.



Anywho, any hospital I've been to in Dublin has a barrier system. I'd imagine if you have an issue with the way a particular hospital runs its parking, you should take it up with them, or use a different car park.

The issue has already been addressed, several times. Hospitals however continue to cream money off patients anyway.


It was Bon Secour hospital.




Where else do you propose very sick people, ie, cancer and dialysis patients park?

Guy:Incognito

Crock Rock wrote: »

The issue has already been addressed, several times. Hospitals however continue to cream money off patients anyway.

and what changed between the 2 times you replied to my 1 post, other than you getting more arsey?

Crock Rock

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

and what changed between the 2 times you replied to my 1 post, other than you getting more arsey?

Nothing. You told me to take it up with the hospital. I told you there's no point. If politicians and TDs can't do anything then who'll listen to me?

That's why I'm asking on a public forum for opinions.

I didn't realise this was www.boards.kp

andekwarhola

Ask the bloated management tier in the HSE.

beauf

This was the electioneering on it.

https://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-parking-fees-capped-4974439-Jan2020/

Shows you how out of touch FG are.

Parking in hospitals is a shambles and sharp practice.


Been an issue for decades...

https://www.thejournal.ie/hospitals-cancer-parking-3571935-Aug2017/

Mrs OBumble

Crock Rock wrote: »

Where else do you propose very sick people, ie, cancer and dialysis patients park?

Very sick people won't be driving. Their companions ( or taxi drivers) drop them at the door and then move the car A Long Way Away.

beauf

You won't be doing a driveby drop off with a very sick person, oap or child.