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388615

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS Trust in the North West charges staff to park (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly, (d) quarterly and (e) yearly; and how much was obtained from staff from such charges in each NHS Trust in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	6106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service provides data to the Department annually on the average fee charged per hour for staff parking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data provided by NHS organisations in the Northern Commissioning Region for the latest available year, 2013-14, is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All the data provided has been supplied by the NHS and had not been amended centrally. The accuracy and completeness of the information is the responsibility of the providing organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/07/2015 14:43:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Average fee per hour- staff parking at NHS organisations.xlsx title NHS organisations staff parking fee per hour 13-14
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

388632

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of hospital car parking charges on (a) pensioners, (b) carers, (c) people with long-term conditions and (d) people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	6202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made any national assessment of the effect of hospital car parking charges on specific groups. Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service foundation trusts and NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 23 August, 2014, the Department published the <em>NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles</em>, which set out a nationally consistent approach for hospitals to take to car parking. This includes guidance on the provision of concessionary parking. The principles are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published <em>NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03)</em> on 25 March 2015. This guidance is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both documents make it clear that NHS organisations should work with patients, staff, visitors, local authorities and public transport providers when planning their parking provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2015 15:04:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

416154

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set conditions for the financing of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure that these bodies implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have the freedom to make decisions on their car parking to reflect their local situation and needs. The car parking principles provide clear direction and leadership but a central interference in these freedoms would not help NHS trusts and could result in unwarranted interference in how their clinical services are locally managed and delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The powers available to the Secretary of State for Health under Section 42 of the NHS Act 2006 to provide funding to NHS organisations in distress are not appropriate for car parking. There are no other levers or other conditions available for the financing of NHS organisations to implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416412

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to tackle expensive hospital car parking charges since the publication of its ground rules in August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	8619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally as National Health Service organisations have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances. However the NHS patient visitor and staff car parking principles published by the Department on 23 August 2014 provide clear direction and leadership and require NHS organisations to publish details of their car parking arrangements including financial information relating to the charges and income which allows patients and the public to hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges occur.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Information about the cost and availability of car parking across the NHS is published annually as part of two data collections - the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment and the Estates Return Information Collection. This information is publicly available and will also help people hold their local hospitals to account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 15:58:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

416600

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS organisations implement guidance that car parking concessions should be available to (a) visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and (b) visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles made it clear that NHS trusts should provide concessions for several groups including visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital. They make it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information including information on concessions will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects information annually via the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) on behalf of the Department on NHS compliance with these principles, including the provision of concessions. The published results provide assurance to patients and the public that NHS organisations are complying with the Principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03) on 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416602

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review NHS organisations' responses to the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment and whether (a) they provide car parking charge concessions in accordance with the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles and (b) information about the concessionary scheme is prominently publicised.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Results from the 2015 Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (someished car parking princioplesll NHS organisations to take steps to ensurePLACE) collection show that over 75% of sites that charge for car parking currently operate a concessions scheme and display it prominently. We are disappointed that this means a number of hospital boards have not yet decided to follow the best practice set out in the principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To check compliance with the principles, the same PLACE questions will be asked in 2016 and we expect to see an improvement in the results.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:45:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

420108

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS sites charge for parking and have not introduced concessionary arrangements that are clearly signposted for patients and the public.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	10846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Results from the 2015 Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) collection shows that 31% of NHS sites charge for car parking. Of those sites that charge, over 86% currently provide car parking charge concessions.</p><p>The following tables identify the hospital sites that charge, but do not offer concessions, or that offer them but do not prominently display that information.</p><p>It should be noted that the information supplied was collected from NHS organisations and has not been amended centrally.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Of the Hospital sites that charge for car parking, the following do not offer concessions</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Bassetlaw Hospital Mental Health Wards</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Brain Injuries Unit Mossley Hill Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Calderdale Hospital (Dales)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Community Enterprise CIC</p></td><td><p>Clacton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Cotswold House, Savanake Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Crawley Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Department Of Psychiatry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Dove Ward</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Edgware Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Elgar Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Gosport War Memorial Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Gravesham Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham Mhu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire &amp; Essex Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Horsham Hospital - Iris Ward</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Lakeside Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Malvern Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Maudsley Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust</p></td><td><p>Medway, Gillingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk And Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Mental Health Services - Woodlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Norfolk &amp; Norwich University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Mental Health And Social Care Trust</p></td><td><p>Park House - North Manchester General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Paulton Birth Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Pembridge Palliative Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Pershore Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Petersfield Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Savernake Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Sevenoaks Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Springfield University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St Anne's Centre &amp; Emi Wards, St. Leonards-On-Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Bernards Wing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St Margaret's Hospital, Epping</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Michael's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Sussex Orthopaedic Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust</p></td><td><p>Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Road, Margate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees, Esk And Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>The Briary Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Cedars (Exeter)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Princess Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Royal Alexandra Hospital For Sick Children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Royal Sussex County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Sussex Eye Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Tolworth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Torbay Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Wexham Park Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Whipps Cross University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Windsor Clinic (Aintree University Hospital)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Wonford House Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Yeatman Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Woodlands, St. Leonards-On-Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The following Hospital sites offer concessions but do not prominently publicise them</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Amersham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Basildon Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Bradford Royal Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Calderdale Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Central Middlesex Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Christchurch Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>City Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Clacton &amp; District Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Clifton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Croydon University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Cumberland Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Darlington Memorial Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Ealing Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>East Surrey Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Evesham Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Freeman Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Friarage Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Frome Birth Centre (Frome Community Hospital)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC)</p></td><td><p>Glenbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Good Hope Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Guy's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Heatherwood Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hexham General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Horsham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Huddersfield Royal Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Care Unit, Alexandra Wing, Broadgreen Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Ipswich Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Kidderminster Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>King George Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Kings College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Louth Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Manor Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Meadow House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Medway Maritime Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Melbury Lodge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Musgrove Park Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Community Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Norwich Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Nottingham City Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Oswestry Maternity Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Poole Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Princess Royal University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West London And St George's Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Mary's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen Victoria Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Queen's Medical Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Robert Jones &amp; Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Rotherham District General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Blackburn Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal Hallamshire Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Runcie Unit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking Hospices</p></td><td><p>Sam Beare Hospice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Skegness Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Solihull Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Southend Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Bristol NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Southmead Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St George's Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Georges At Queen Mary's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St Peters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Ann's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>St. Luke's Hospital (Rae)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care And Support Partnership (Seqol)</p></td><td><p>Swindon Intermediate Care Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Alexandra Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Churchill Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Horton Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The John Radcliffe Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>The Robertson Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Your Healthcare</p></td><td><p>Tolworth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay And Southern Devon Health And Care NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Totnes Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>University Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>University Hospital Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>West Cumberland Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Area Health NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Weston General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Weymouth Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Care Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Woking Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Workington Community Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Wycombe Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Yeovil District Hospital</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/10/2015 15:11:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

101581

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include in the new NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles reduced fees for families of long-term hospital patients.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	212468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department published new National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles, widely welcomed by a range of charities and organisations representing patients’ interests, made it clear that NHS trusts should provide concessions, including free or reduced charges or caps, to the following groups:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- people with disabilities;</p><p> </p><p>- frequent outpatient attenders;</p><p> </p><p>- visitors with relatives who are gravely ill;</p><p> </p><p>- visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital; and</p><p> </p><p>- staff working shifts that mean public transport cannot be used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Therefore, families of long-term hospital patients should be able to take advantage of the concessions for visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 05/11/2014 15:02:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

114808

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles are acted on by NHS trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	213509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England will collect information about NHS compliance via the annual Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment. The results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance to support the NHS in delivering the principles is scheduled for publication in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 213510 question first answered 17/11/2014 11:02:19 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

114811

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish guidance on hospital parking charges and the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	213510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England will collect information about NHS compliance via the annual Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment. The results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance to support the NHS in delivering the principles is scheduled for publication in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 213509 question first answered 17/11/2014 11:02:20 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma