Louise Amery, a chemotherapy nurse at Royal Sussex County Hospital, can only find eight-hour parking spaces for her ten-hour shift.
What’s more, she has to move her car every four hours, meaning she often misses her lunch break.
Louise, 47, said she accepts she has to pay the parking fines she has racked up while on the job, amounting to more than £700...
Well, that's good of her! Should chemotherapy nurses be exempt, then? Or all nurses?
“My debt’s just getting bigger and I am going to get a county court judgement. I am doing a bloody hard job and they’re ticketing me while I’m working.”
Yes. Because you park illegally. That you claim you 'have to' isn't an excuse.
Louise, who lives in West Way, Lancing, said she is left with no choice to be risk the fines as getting the bus or train into work is too expensive.
More expensive than the fines?!?
You should have some sympathy for her. It is a hard enough job going for 10 hours in a stressful environment let alone worrying about transport. If it gets too difficult, what's to say that she gives up the job to find something easier. All doctors and nurses should be exempt from parking fees or at least a reduction. Show a bit of sympathy Julia.
ReplyDeleteJust avoid future admissions to the RSC hospital, if at all possible, JuliaM. Any 'mercy' nurse with jaded logic will have already assembled that 'special' kit for the treatment of senescent critics.
ReplyDeleteStockpiled supplies of dantrolene, diamorphine and syringe drivers stored in discreet lockers?
One question that should be asked is, do the hospital managers and doctors have to pay for their parking or are they exempt? Some hospital managers are classed as essential car users, as they 'have to' attend meetings and public transport is neither available or suitable for someone of their status and free parking is, therefore, incorporated into their terms of employment..
ReplyDeleteIf they are exempt, then all hospital medical staff should be exempt too.
Unlike managers and department heads, nursing staff work shifts and the hospital management dictate the length of those shifts. Therefore parking availability for staff should be linked to those working hours, especially as hospitals rake in a shed load of money from patient or visitor parking fees. It's not rocket science.
Mind you, from the increase in various posts advertised, it is obvious that hospitals do not need nurses, only managers.
Penseivat
Sounds like a business opportunity - offer to shift clients' cars every 4 hours for them, for a small fee.
ReplyDelete"You should have some sympathy for her."
ReplyDeleteWhy should I? She chose the job. And if top NHS staff are given an exemption, everyone else from cleaners to tealadies will then want one. Where will it stop?
"Some hospital managers are classed as essential car users, as they 'have to' attend meetings..."
How ridiculous! :/
"Sounds like a business opportunity - offer to shift clients' cars every 4 hours for them, for a small fee."
Now that's entrepreneurship!