Old and new charges
EXISTING COSTS CHARGES:
■■First 20 minutes: Free
■■1-5 hours: £1.20 per hour (or part hour)
■■6-24 hours (Monday-friday): £7.20
■■3-24 hours (Saturday-sunday): £3.60
THE NEW CHARGES:
Standard tariff
■■First 30 minutes: Free of charge ■■Up to 1 hour: £2
■■1-2 hours: £4
■■2-3 hours: £6
■■3-4 hours: £8
■■4-5 hours: £12
■■5-24 hours: £18
Long-stay patient tariff
■■First 30 minutes: Free of charge ■■Up to 1 hour: £2
■■1-2 hours: £4
■■2-3 hours: £6
■■3-4 hours: £8
■■4-5 hours: £8
■■5-24 hours: £8
A number of concessions apply, including:
■■Disabled (applies to all users and concession must be activated at main reception prior to departure. This excludes staff who may not use patient spaces and must hold a valid staff parking permit): Free. ■■Frequent outpatient attender (Offered to patients who attend hospital appointments at least three times per month for an overall period of three months or more. A month is defined as 30 days): Free. ■■Monthly attender (Available to patients who attend at least once per month for a period of three months or more): £3 per visit. ■■Unexpected or emergency admission (Available to patients who attend an appointment and are unexpectedly admitted to hospital or attend for treatment and have an unplanned admission): £3 per day. ■■Maternity unplanned delivery (Provided for those who attend for unplanned delivery only. Parking is provided in dedicated bays and only for the duration of birth. Planned births are not eligible. Valid for up to 48 hours): Free.
■■Visitor weekly concession (A concession valid for seven days for visitors to an inpatient. The concession pass may be shared and is not limited to a single vehicle but is valid for only one vehicle to be parked at any time. Any additional vehicles are required to pay the full tariff): £21.
■■Visitor monthly concession (A concession valid for a full calendar month for visitors to an inpatient. The concession pass may be shared and is not limited to a single vehicle but is valid for only one vehicle to be parked at any time. Any additional vehicles are required to pay the full tariff): £40. ■■Residential (A concession provided to relatives/carers of patients required to stay in Trust accommodation and valid for the duration of the patients stay in hospital): £15.
■■Parents of sick children staying overnight (A concession provided to parents of a child (under 18 years of age) admitted to hospital and staying overnight. A maximum of two vehicles to be parked overnight between the hours of 6pm and
9am. If a weekly or monthly visitor concession is held then only one night concession will be issued in addition to visitor pass): Free.
All details of parking charges are on the Trust website at www. newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk