Worthing nurses hit out after parking fees rocket

NURSES at Worthing Hospital feel the council’s decision to increase the cost of a monthly permit at a carpark popular with hospital staff by 112 per cent is ‘absurd’.

By Dan Cain

Published 5th Mar 2014, 09:17 BST

Theatre nurses Julie Dearlove and Lorraine Ranson currently share a £50 a month parking permit for the Lyndhurst Road carpark opposite the hospital. As of April 1 they will no longer be allowed to share a permit and will have to fork out £106 each to park.

The increase follows the conclusion of NCP’s controversial ten year contract with Worthing Borough Council as the town centre’s primary carpark provider.

Julie spends only two-and-a-half days a week at Worthing Hospital and said she could not afford to continue parking in the Lyndhurst Road carpark.

For the full story, see the Worthing Herald, Thursday, March 6.

NCP Worthing Borough Council