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<p>We have no current plans to make a specific assessment. Through the Government’s
commitment, all trusts that charge for hospital car parking now provide free parking
to in-need groups, which include National Health Service staff working overnight,
frequent outpatient attenders, disabled people and parents of children staying overnight
in hospital. An assessment of in-need groups was undertaken during the development
of this policy to capture as wide a range of patients as possible.</p><p>To minimise
the risk of patients missing appointments owing to parking issues, NHS England advise
trusts that they should consider installing ‘pay on exit’ or similar schemes so that
drivers pay only for the time that they have used when they leave.</p>
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