Coronavirus: Car parking charges at Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke hospitals suspended

The move applies to all staff, patients and visitors and will be in place until July when the facility will be reviewed.

Caroline Walker, chief executive of the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust which runs both hospitals, said: “Given the unprecedented circumstances our staff are currently working in, we felt it was only right to waiver the car parking charges for all staff as well as our patients and visitors.

“This is part of a range of measures we have been putting in place for our staff to support them while we are managing the rapidly-developing Covid-19 pandemic locally. This has included free refreshments, health and wellbeing resources and signposting to some great offers of help to NHS staff from local businesses.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our staff for their fantastic response. They have been working hard in incredibly challenging conditions and I am hugely proud of the professionalism and dedication they have shown in their care for patients and each other.”

Currently, visitors are not charged for parking up to 30 minutes, but after that it is £2.90 for up to four hours, £4 for up to eight hours and £6 for up to 24 hours.

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