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diabolical parking

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"diabolical parking"

About: Lincoln County Hospital

want to warn people of the parking at lincoln been taking family member that uses a wheelchair visiting mainly in afternoons they have a blue badge but can never get disabled bay even at weekends. main car park full people driving around looking for a space.Yet 2 disabled bays near A&E now 20mins drop off bays never seen used or vehicle has been ticketed. There is another 20 min drop off bay for meau with disabled bays near ward we where going to, tried asking parking attendent if 20mins applied to blue badge holders but he didn't understand English would just keep pointing at blue badges bays near A&E that where all full. If someone would like reply interested to know. When in ward visiting could see staff car park which always had space and would been lot closer for pushing wheelchair. Believe hospital needs double number disabled bays 50% more normal spaces. Letting blue badges holders use 20min drop off spaces without time limit and staff only areas might be tempory help until permanent solution found. Not having Nhs and contractors vans in main car park would also help.

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Response from Sarah Hubery, Travel Plan Coordinator, Facilities, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust about a year and a half ago
Sarah Hubery
Travel Plan Coordinator, Facilities,
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Travel Plan and Car Parking

Submitted on 26/10/2023 at 15:02
Published on Care Opinion at 15:02

Thank you for your comments regarding the car park facilities at Lincoln County Hospital and I am sorry to hear of the difficulties you have experienced.

Unfortunately, the Hospital only has a limited number of car park spaces available and the Trust does advise, those that are able, to use alternative modes of travel to access the site. The Trust has committed to the NHS England objective of being Net Carbon Neutral by 2040 and currently, additional car park areas are unlikely to be introduced.

There are 26 disabled spaces in the Outpatients car park which is 32% of the available number of spaces, and there is a designated Blue Badge car park adjacent to the Main Reception with 27 spaces. Blue Badge holders are also entitled to park in any visitor space, provided the vehicle is registered with the Hospital for parking, and the Blue Badge is displayed in the windscreen.

The new drop-off bays were created to reduce the number of vehicles from illegally parking outside the UTC entrance, where they were causing obstruction and a risk to patient and visitor safety. The 20 minute only drop-off bays are required to ease congestion in all car parks, to allow individuals, who do not require a parking space for a longer length of time to pick up and drop off, thereby freeing up spaces for those that require an extended stay. Please be advised that Blue Badge holders are not exempt from the 20 minute parking regulation, although these can be used as an option to drop off a disabled patient/visitor and allow the motorist further time to look for a disabled/visitor bay.

The Trust provides separate parking for staff, many of which work different shift patterns, therefore demand for staff parking spaces will vary throughout the day. Allocating separate staff parking, away from main Hospital entrances, also frees up spaces for patients/visitors.

Thank you for your comment regarding contractors parking in the main visitor car park. Please be assured the Trust has specific areas for contractor parking and, following your comments, this will be reinforced by our Capital and Estates teams.

Kind regards

Sarah Hubery

Travel Plan Coordinator

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trusts

Facilities department, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5QY

sarah.hubery@ulh.nhs.uk

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