| Topic: | Re:Re: The cost of Hospital Parking | |
| Posted by: | Lynn Clark | |
| Date/Time: | 25/11/05 20:41:00 |
| "Nothing is free, somebody has to pay..." I pay hundreds, yes hundreds of pounds a year into the NHS via my NI contributions. In addition to that I pay thousands of pounds a year in tax from my earnings plus Council Tax & VAT. Therefore, I am already paying dearly for the NHS & have done so for the whole of my working life, as does my husband & as did my parents & grandparents. You say land costs money - we have all paid for that land; you say that maintaining it costs money - we are paying to have it maintained & we are paying the wages of those who maintain it. We are already paying for everything the NHS does. You are right, I have the choice to drive my car or not. If I am having to get my child or a relative, such as my grandmother, to hospital quickly then I will drive to get them there as quickly and comfortably as possible. I think it is responsible that I am using own transport/petrol (at my own expense) & not tying up an emergency service vehicle that somebody else may need & at great expense to the taxpayer. On that basis alone, one would think that it would be made as easy as possible for people to drive to the hospital (without the added stress of finding the right change for parking & having to keep topping it up). "...and I think it's fair that the people actually using a facility should pay." As I have already said, nobody choses to be sick & nobody choses to have to attend hospital - it isn't a frivolous choice that we can avoid if we want to. "Market forces and all that!" Enough said! |