The Royal United Hospital Bath wins the best NHS hospital car park from Which?

The Royal United Hospital Bath, has been awarded an unusual accolade  by Which? Who have identified it as having the best NHS hospital car park in England.

Which? looked for the best and worst NHS hospital car parks in England by using information from 126 Freedom of Information requests.

Car parks were then rated on capacity, convenience of payment methods, charging structure and of course penalties.

Which? chief executive, Peter Vicary-Smith says: “Royal United Hospital Bath shows that not every hospital visit needs to end in a parking nightmare. Now we know which hospitals are scoring badly, they must take action and improve their parking services.

“Visiting hospital is stressful enough without having to worry about being clamped or getting a ticket. Surely this is now the end of the road for the worst hospital car parks?”

The worst NHS hospital car parks for fining, clamping, charges and the number of complaints were Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust , Leeds General Infirmary – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust.

Now Which? Is calling on hospitals to improve their car parking services through fair charges, a good capacity of spaces, clear information and actually asking patients and visitors what they want to see from the service.