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Hospital Car Parking Provision And Management
Most of our hospitals were designed and built in an era when car ownership and usage were significantly less than they are today. With more services being placed on constricted HSC hospital sites together with an increase in health and social care activity, there is evidence to suggest that current capacity and management of car parking has become a problem for most acute hospitals in Northern Ireland.
Health Estates was asked by the Minister for Health Social Services and Public Services to undertake a regional review of car parking with the objective of establishing the current position in relation to charging, free car parking provision and capacity.
The main outcomes of the review which Minister announced on 21 May 2008 were:
- Ensuring that eligibility criteria for free car-parking are consistently applied across Health and Social Care Trusts.
- Car parking solutions adopted at each hospital must fit the particular needs and circumstances of the facility – the introduction of car parking charges and the levels of charge will remain a local decision for each individual Trust.
The outcome of the review resulted in the production of the attached Guidance for HSC Hospital Car Parking Provision and Management which and can be accessed from the links below.
