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Sep 14 2010, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE (betsy @ Sep 14 2010, 09:38 AM) My husband was rushed into the Royal Berks 10 days ago. He has been in there for 10 days now and I am shocked at the cost of parking. If I visited every afternoon from 2.00 until 5.30 it would cost me £42 just for parking for a week and thats just the afternoons. There is visiting again in the evening from 6.30 to 8.00 so that would be another extra cost.
This seems like daylight robbery. Especially when people are upset and worried about sick loved ones.
I found out this morning that there are certain concessions - patients in intensive care, kidney dialysis patients, terminally ill patients etc. That is all to the good but I think the NHS needs to change charges like this. As a frequent 'visitor' with my wife for oncology treatment we found it went up just recently. Have you tried the park and ride from the stadium? There is, I think, a direct bus link to the RBH.
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Sep 14 2010, 09:09 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 14 2010, 10:07 AM) Apparently Benyon said they need the money. But it's not in his constituency.
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Sep 14 2010, 09:27 AM
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QUOTE (Ron @ Sep 14 2010, 10:07 AM) As a frequent 'visitor' with my wife for oncology treatment we found it went up just recently. Have you tried the park and ride from the stadium? There is, I think, a direct bus link to the RBH. Thanks Ron. I didn't know about the park and ride. Might look into that one.
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Sep 14 2010, 09:34 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 14 2010, 10:09 AM) But it's not in his constituency. It is a view of a Government MP, which is indicative of their view, I would have thought.
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Sep 14 2010, 10:34 AM
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QUOTE (betsy @ Sep 14 2010, 10:27 AM) Thanks Ron. I didn't know about the park and ride. Might look into that one. Betsy, unfortunatly they stopped running it. I sometimes manage to get a space on the main road, the out patients end, if I am lucky.
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Sep 14 2010, 03:56 PM
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QUOTE (betsy @ Sep 14 2010, 09:38 AM) My husband was rushed into the Royal Berks 10 days ago. He has been in there for 10 days now and I am shocked at the cost of parking. If I visited every afternoon from 2.00 until 5.30 it would cost me £42 just for parking for a week and thats just the afternoons. There is visiting again in the evening from 6.30 to 8.00 so that would be another extra cost.
This seems like daylight robbery. Especially when people are upset and worried about sick loved ones.
I found out this morning that there are certain concessions - patients in intensive care, kidney dialysis patients, terminally ill patients etc. That is all to the good but I think the NHS needs to change charges like this. That is terrible, but I know what you mean. When I visited my boyfriend a couple of months ago in hospital it cost me a fortune. He was kind enough to offer me the money back but I declined. But I did tell him he can buy me a dinner when he gets out. It is ok for the people who can afford it, but those that are struggling it must be terrible.
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Sep 14 2010, 07:12 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Sep 14 2010, 06:23 PM) It's £10 for a weekly permit at Basingstoke, I suspect Reading is similar. If you visited every afternoon it would still only cost you £10. No sign of any such deal on their website - just the concessionary ticket available from the ward sister if the patient is deemed 'very unwell'. http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/patients_...x?theme=patient
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Sep 18 2010, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 18 2010, 10:39 AM) Free at the point of use; yeah right! The Tories and Lib Dems should be ashamed. I don't mind a charge, just not excessive. Husband finally got home yesterday. We went up to get him. Arrived at 1.30pm, didn't get away until 5.45 p.m. so ended up feeding the meter £8.00. Had to rush down to put in more twice in case we got a ticket or clamped. If David Cameron and Nick Clegg think these charges are acceptable I certainly don't. Annoying thing is that I bet if an MP goes to visit and has to pay they will claim it back in their expenses!
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Sep 18 2010, 10:26 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Sep 18 2010, 11:21 AM) I can imagine what would happen at the Royal Berks if parking was free - come 9am of a weekday & there would not be a single empty space as every office worker within a 1 mile radius left their car there for the day. We don't necessarily need free, but concessions for the vulnerable. We can chose to go shopping in town, but we don't always choose when to get ill and it hits the hardest up.
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Sep 19 2010, 05:34 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Sep 18 2010, 11:21 AM) I can imagine what would happen at the Royal Berks if parking was free - come 9am of a weekday & there would not be a single empty space as every office worker within a 1 mile radius left their car there for the day. Easy answer is to give the patient or their representative a pass to display in the car when they register in at the hospital
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