Free parking for NHS staff working at hospitals will be AXED from Friday

19 hours, 22 minutes ago

Just one in four have faith in getting an ambulance or GP at Christmas, damning study reveals

Britons have lost faith that the NHS will be there for them if they need it this Christmas, a damning study reveals. The health service is gripped in a public confidence crisis, with just one in four adults now believing they could get timely access to an ambulance or GP. As GP surgeries shut their doors and hospitals operate on …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand

The Independent

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Woman forced to pay ₹2 lakh as fine for taking more than 5 minutes to pay parking fee

Hindustan Times

A woman in UK has been charged ₹2 lakh after she took longer than five minutes to pay after parking her car in Derby. The car park said that anyone who parks in the lot has to pay within five minutes. Hudson said she started using the Copeland Street car park in February 2023 and when she tried to pay …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Drivers handed shocking number of parking tickets a day by private firms

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Calls are being made to reform how the parking sector is managed after new figures revealed …

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1 month ago

How to beat an unfair private car parking ticket, by retired judge STEPHEN GOLD

Daily Mail

Retired judge Stephen Gold explains how to beat unfair private parking tickets. Industry code of practice: New rules cover signage about charges in car parks But you can challenge a ticket that has been wrongly issued, and the challenge could take you to the county court where the park operator would have to sue you for non-payment to have any …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Streeting hints at help for health organisations hit by national insurance rise

The Independent

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Health Nhs National Insurance Hospices

2 months ago

Concerns NSW councils' parking service fees via third-party apps could be in breach of state government rules

ABC

An "urgent review" has been launched amid concerns the parking meter systems charging many drivers across NSW could breach state government rules. PayStay, which operates in the North Sydney Council area, charges an 8.25 per cent service fee. Council responds to concerns North Sydney Mayor Zoe Baker said meters that don't require use of the app were "at least every …

Pay Fees Council Service App Cost North

2 months ago

Why Labour should forget about fining patients for missed appointments

The Telegraph

How do you solve a problem like missed NHS appointments? Asked whether he would consider this measure, Wes Streeting told Times Radio: “At this stage, it’s not something I’m looking at doing, but once we’ve got the system working effectively, if we still have this problem of missed appointments then I might be more open-minded.” The Telegraph understands the policy …

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3 months ago

Don’t hate Lime bikes – they have transformed London

The Independent

As an intensive care nurse for the NHS, I work tough 12-hour shifts. It seems unlikely that a new leader would heed Major’s advice and take the party back to a more moderate right-of-centre position. This would probably not win back enough voters from Reform UK anyway; nor would a lurch to the right, since many of those former Tory …

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3 months ago

Urgent warning issued to motorists over QR code car park scam with links to Russia

Daily Mail

A warning has been issued to motorists in Leicester over a QR code scam with links to Russia. Stickers have been attached to pay-and-display machines in car parks in 'approximately 20 locations' across the city which trick users into sending money to the wrong place. The QR codes target those who look to pay for parking using their mobile phones …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Man City claim disabled parking charges were a trial to boost occupancy - as club moves to refundable scheme in bid to alleviate fan concerns

Daily Mail

MANCHESTER CITY will bring in a refundable deposit scheme for disabled car parking to calm fears of match-going fans having to pay hundreds of pounds to park outside the Etihad Stadium this season. Man City have moved to a refundable deposit scheme for disabled car parking at the Etihad City have now stated that Ipswich was a trial to find …

City Fan Disabled

4 months ago

Parking mafia seizes 5 BMC pay-and-park areas in M East ward

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: Five designated pay-and-park areas in M East ward have allegedly been taken over by the parking mafia for unauthorised parking of vehicles and running private cab services. There is rampant illegal parking in M East ward in Mankhurd, Govandi and Shivaji Nagar, where certain mafias are operating. “There is rampant illegal parking in M East ward in Mankhurd, Govandi …

Bmc Mafia Mankhurd Unauthorised Parking M East Ward Govandi Shivaji Nagar

4 months ago

Fury over 600% hike in parking charges in Kent village as locals accuse council of 'raking it in' at the expense of businesses

Daily Mail

Locals living in a seaside village are fuming after parking fees shot up 600% - and they say it's come at the expense of nearby businesses. But it was no laughing matter and the price increase on the School Lane car park was there to stay - despite residents warning it would hit small businesses the hardest. Kent local Scott …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Develop an app where citizens can report illegal parking: LG

Hindustan Times

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Friday reviewed the traffic situation in the city and asked top officials of the city’s traffic police, transport department, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council to jointly develop a mobile application under which citizens can flag instances of illegal parking and fines can be issued. Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena The new …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

MLCP functions but people continue to park on street in pedestrian plaza, Pondy Bazaar

The Hindu

Despite making parking inside the multilevel car park in Pondy bazaar in T. Nagar free of cost, patronage for it is abysmally low. The Greater Chennai Corporation rolled out a tender inviting bidders to operate the multi-level car parking at T. Nagar, Zone 10, for public use for six months. Khaja Moideen, a trader in the complex and the president …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man

The Independent

Having retired as a nurse from the NHS last year with 20-plus-years service, the trend towards employing an increasing number of senior managers, directors and managers has finally come home to roost. David Kennedy Address supplied No more ‘free money’ for pensioners like me I started receiving the winter fuel payment about 10 years ago when still in professional employment, …

Money Man Nhs

5 months ago

Bankrupt council considers charging workers to use free car parking spaces under plans to encourage more drivers to walk, cycle or use public transport to get to the office

Daily Mail

A bankrupt council is considering charging workers to use free company car parking spaces. The proposal by Croydon Council is aimed at encouraging more drivers to walk, cycle or use public transport to get to the office. But critics say the idea could leave staff facing bills of hundreds of pounds each year At one stage, a sixth of its …

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5 months ago

GB Nagar: Residents question irregularities at district hospital

Hindustan Times

A group of residents from Gautam Budh Nagar on Friday met district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma raised several issues marring the functioning of the district hospital in Sector 39, including the non-availability of certain medicines. The policy of charging for vehicle parking will be reconsidered while other issues highlighted by the residents and functionaries of Samajwadi Party will also be …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

New parking fines and rules in the UK – here’s everything drivers need to know

The Independent

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6 months ago

Parking policy: Take it beyond the streets

The Hindu

Streamlined parking as a tool for traffic decongestion is a no-brainer. Last month, the Court gave six weeks to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner to submit a detailed project report on the methodology of implementing the BBMP’s Parking Policy 2.0. As mobility analyst Ashwin Mahesh points out, “All these buildings were given permissions and plan approvals to construct and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

No surface parking facility in Sector 62, commuters fined daily for parking on road

Hindustan Times

Sector 62 of Noida, despite housing several IT offices, colleges and even a prominent city hospital, does not have a public parking facility, in the absence of which people are forced to park on the roadside, running the risk of incurring traffic fines. A Noida authority official said that they are aware of the demands for surface parking at Sector …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bank Holiday weekend HELL: Locals in the UK's picture postcard tourist hotspots warn their villages are buckling under the weight of floods of visitors - as thousands of families travelling for mini b

Daily Mail

Families across the UK's tourist hotspots say they dread the vast hordes of visitors that bring chaos to their doorsteps every bank holiday. Pictured is Bourton-On-The-Water on May 25 Long queues outside sandwich and ice cream shop in Bourton-On-The-Water on Saturday Whitby: Crowds of shoppers in the North Yorkshire town on Saturday Salcombe: A picturesque resort town in Devon, its …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Disability parking space at Launceston General Hospital blocked by construction with replacements unsuitable, say those affected

ABC

At least once a week, disability carer Tony Caprice takes his client Paul Wells to appointments at the local hospital. "We just turned up one day and the disabled parking spots were sealed off," Mr Caprice said. Four disability parking spaces have been out of action since the start of the year due to construction works at the hospital. "When …

Space Disability Car Parking Hospital Park Spaces

10 months, 1 week ago

Should a ban on pavement parking be rolled out across the UK? Join The Independent Debate

The Independent

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest-ever strike

Associated Press

LONDON — Patients faced canceled treatments after thousands of British doctors walked off the job on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike over pay that was set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service. On a picket line outside St. Thomas’ Hospital in central London, 28-year-old Dr. Georgia Blackwell said stress and low …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Almost half of homeowners have had parking problems with neighbour – survey

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Nine in hospital after car crashes into London bus stop

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Increased parking revenues a ‘cash cow’ as councils make nearly £1bn

The Independent

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Local Parking Million Councils Car Parks

1 year, 3 months ago

Residents ‘offered £100 a month’ to provide parking on Ulez charge-free road

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Britain's ghost car parks: How WFH boom has rendered car parks that cost millions to build 'white elephants' that lie empty or are left to the mercy of boy racers - as locals blast 'complete waste of

Daily Mail

A £1m car park opened earlier this month has been 'used by three cars' Furious residents across the country have blasted their local authorities for spending millions of pounds on new car parks destined to sit empty or be used by 'boy racers'. He uses the old pay and display car park, which has a direct path into the train …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of UK hospital doctors walk out in the latest pay dispute, crippling health services

Associated Press

LONDON — Thousands of senior doctors in England began a 48-hour walkout Thursday to demand better pay and conditions, paralyzing hospitals and leaving only emergency care covered. The Conservative government has offered a 6% pay increase to the doctors, but the British Medical Association, the doctors’ union known as the BMA, called this “derisory.” It said doctors have seen real-term …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Parking charges in my local area have gone up 233% in a MONTH

Daily Mail

An outraged motorist has complained after discovering his parking charges in a London street rose by nearly 250% in just a month. Had this been an increase in the price of a Mars bar or something, there would be outrage.’ The sales executive added: ‘To add insult to injury, when I complained to Southwark Council about this I got a …

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1 year, 9 months ago

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes

Firstpost

London: The UK government and unions representing various health workers in England said Thursday they have agreed a deal to increase pay by 5 percent in the next financial year, potentially ending damaging strikes. The package, impacting around one million National Health Service staff, will also include a further 2.0 per cent rise to this year’s salaries and a one-off …

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1 year, 9 months ago

UK protest backs health staff as doctors prepare to strike

Associated Press

LONDON — Thousands of protesters marched through London to the British prime minister’s residence on Saturday to support health care workers who have held a series of strikes over pay and conditions in the state-funded National Health Service. NHS England said the doctors’ strike would be even more disruptive than recent walkouts by nurses and ambulance staff. As well as …

Strike Pay Care Nhs Uk Protest

1 year, 9 months ago

UK protest backs health staff as doctors prepare to strike

Al Jazeera

Tens of thousands of junior doctors are set to strike in England on Monday for three days amid pay dispute. Thousands of protesters marched through London to the British prime minister’s residence on Saturday to support healthcare workers who have held a series of strikes over pay and conditions in the state-funded National Health Service. NHS England said the doctors’ …

England Strike Pay Care Doctors Nhs

1 year, 9 months ago

Huge rise in parking tickets handed out by private firms - but what are the laws?

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Suicidal NHS staff lose mental health support in ‘irresponsible’ cuts

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

NHS doctors ‘consider selling their homes’ because of pension tax bills

The Telegraph

A tax trap has forced doctors to consider selling their homes after being hit with huge bills from HMRC, according to a senior NHS director. Sir James Mackey, director of elective recovery at NHS England, said large demands from the taxman remained a "big problem" for some clinicians who worked extra hours. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has previously warned …

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1 year, 10 months ago

UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system

Associated Press

LONDON — Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons’ lives for months, as workers — especially in the public sector …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Steve Barclay: Pay hikes for NHS staff are unaffordable – and will cut patient care

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Parking tickets are given out every TWO SECONDS in UK

Daily Mail

Councils such as York and Thanet planning to increase parking charges by 10% Town halls and parking firms are on track to issue £1.3billion worth of fines Drivers are being given around 50,000 parking tickets per day, show figures Drivers are being hit with around 50,000 parking tickets a day – or one every two seconds. With private companies dishing …

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1 year, 11 months ago

England's NHS works to move low-risk patients out of hospitals amid difficult winter

ABC

England's National Health Service aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds. Key points: The NHS will spend up to $350m so patients with low medical needs can be looked after outside hospitals It also employed the practice during the pandemic …

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1 year, 11 months ago

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government on Thursday dangled the prospect of public-sector pay hikes next year in an attempt to end strikes by nurses and ambulance staff that have piled pressure on an already overburdened health system. The government invited union leaders for talks on 2023-24 pay rates and promised a “cooperative spirit” – while also saying it will introduce …

Strike

2 years ago

UK govt refuses to give way on pay as nurses, medics strike

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government said Tuesday it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system. The government insists it can’t get directly involved in pay talks between unions and employers — but Sunak also told the Daily Mail that double-digit public sector raises would …

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2 years ago

Private parking firms ‘raked in £50m profit in last three years’

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Bed-blocking is a deadly crisis for patients and the NHS – so what’s the cure?

The Telegraph

There is pressure, for example, to create “virtual wards” of patients remotely monitored at home rather than languishing on wards. But actually, for some older people being drowsy is a symptom of them having an infection and based on previous visits we’ll be able to identify that and flag that person as high risk compared to how they normally are.” …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Drivers warned about payment scam on the rise at UK car parks

The Independent

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Car Scam Payment Car Parks

2 years, 2 months ago

NHS hospitals are still cancelling more than 22 THOUSAND appointments every day

Daily Mail

More than 22,000 hospital appointments are being cancelled every day — despite waiting lists for treatment standing at a record 6.8million, it emerged today. The Government has pledged to tackle the NHS care backlog but some patients are continuing to see their appointments cancelled multiple times. In the same year, the number of appointments axed 10 or more times was …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Staffing solutions are key to NHS recovery

The Independent

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Nhs Staff Liz Truss

2 years, 5 months ago

Driver fined £100 while queuing for a car wash in Sutton filling station

Daily Mail

A pensioner was given an £100 parking fine - after she got stuck in a car wash queue. Colleen Russell, 69, received the parking penalty from Euro Car Parks despite never actually leaving her vehicle during her visit. The pensioner drove to Sutton Court Service Station in Surrey to use its car wash but on her arrival, was met with …

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