Hospital Car parking; good idea. Options

[GMR]

Today I went to Newbury Hospital for blood tests. I parked in their car park and Paid £1 for 4 hours. My daughter told me that when she last used the car park she gave her ticket to somebody else (as she had a few hours left over). So when I had finished I gave my ticket to somebody else. I also noticed that a lot of people coming out of the hospital asking others if they wanted their ticket.

Some people can afford it (car parking at the hospital) others can't so I had to write and mention the generosity of other drivers giving up their ticket to new arrivals.

I thought that was worth a mention.

[Biker1]

If NHS resources have to be diverted to car parks (something I refute is needed if they were made free at point of delivery) the so be it. I would have thought that, in the general running costs of a hospital, the car parks are a minor expense. Also, as someone has pointed out, you would lose the cost of machines and associated attendants so, once the capital costs of the car park have been paid, the running costs would be minimal.
It has already been done in the UK outside England so are they wrong?
£1 for 4 hrs is not excessive, no, but I think the principle of charging people to park at an NHS hospital is wrong.
Also, this fee is not the case in many other hospitals who charge much more.
Again I say those who want to pay can be accommodated by making the charge voluntary but I don't think there will be many of those do you? (yourself excepted of course!)
You are quite right in saying that all car parks are paid for somehow by the consumer so surely it can be made free at the point of delivery like all those others?
Your argument is a bit like saying "would you like to pay less for food and pay to park at the supermarket?"