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<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>
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