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"Nurses driven mad as cars vandalised in parking row"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    One nurse, who did not want to be named, said: "Not so very long ago the Western General Hospital had a two-storey car park built, one level of which, we were assured, would be for staff and the other for patients and visitors.

    "Once the car park was finished, however, the powers-that-be reneged on this promise and removed the right of staff to use it. Staff are therefore forced to park in the nearby residential streets.

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    Jackie Sansbury, chief operating officer for University Hospitals Division, NHS Lothian, said: "NHS Lothian has a green transport policy where we encourage members of staff to use greener methods of travel where possible, such as car sharing, public transport or our bike to work scheme.

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    http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Nurses-driven-mad-as-cars.6800646.jp

    If NHS was serious about encouraging cycling to WGH it would sort out the access from Craigleith Hill Crescent (etc.)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. steveo
    Member

    I do love how people are forced to do things like this.
    Dude in passenger seat with gun to head of driver: "Park here! Just HERE"

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Kirst
    Member

    Public transport isn't an easy option for shift workers. Sure, lots of hospital staff work office hours and can - and do - get the bus - but it's harder for shift workers. Especially as NHS wages don't allow for city centre properties so huggins of staff live in East and MidLothian. I wouldn't want to try to get from the WGH to Tranent or Loanhead at 11pm by public transport, and then have to be in again at 7am the next day.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. wee folding bike
    Member

    Public transport isn't easy for school staff either. Cleaners and dinner school staff usually stay close by, Teaching staff tend not to stay in the area, for obvious reasons.

    Schools tend to be where people live not where a lot of offices and shops are.

    I knew someone with epilepsy who wasn't allowed to drive and it took her hours getting to work. I suggested cycling but she didn't like this idea.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. steveo
    Member

    I've a mate who is an intensive care nurse at at the infirmary, i'm very sympathetic for nurses and shift workers etc. Though its worth noting that LRT run a 24hr service to a lot of places and there is more than a few park and rides now starting very early.

    Same meaning less melodrama
    "Staff therefore have to park in the nearby residential streets."

    No one is forcing them to do any thing.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. SRD
    Moderator

    is there no staff parking at all? or is it merely inadequate? certainly case to be made that there is more to discouraging driving than not providing parking spaces.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. chdot
    Admin

    "is there no staff parking at all? or is it merely inadequate?"

    Neither

    Unless you mean 'is there enough parking for all those people who might decide to drive if there was enough parking'...

    The recently added parking provision obviously didn't 'work'.

    At least it included a few Sheffield racks!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    Might make 'sense' if anyone who worked 9-5 DIDN'T get a space - unless they could prove car sharing(?)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. steveo
    Member

    We had to go down there this time last year for a baby related scan. Wife parked in the multi story no problem, i spent a good ten minutes trying to find a bike rack could actually get my bike into...

    I should add in the interests of fairness there were LOADS of bikes there rather than a complete lack of racks. Nothing that couldn't be solved by taking the lower lever of the multi story of course.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    Perhaps NHS should charge staff for parking based on salary.

    Say 0.5%?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. steveo
    Member

    While they are at it the govt offices could get the same treatment (pun intended). Round my way they are nightmare i'm actually surprised at the number of govt staff who park their nice cars in my dodgy council estate.

    Of course charging to use the car park would just lead to more on street parking and lets face it no one wants to inflict permits on streets that shouldn't need it.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    "no one wants to inflict permits on streets that shouldn't need it"

    Well that's all part of the general dilemma.

    People don't want 'other' people parking in 'their' streets - but wouldn't actually pay to stop them.

    The commuter cycling 'us' mostly want fewer cars on the road - which might actually happen if there was less free parking.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  13. Kim
    Member

    Just remind me, how much does obesity cost the NHS? If we got ride of this massive subsidy on driving (free parking), we could have a fitter population and a lower cost NHS...

    Posted 12 years ago #

  14. steveo
    Member

    I don't really mind people parking sensibly in my street after all if i'm at work i'm not using "my" space well actually the wife's space but the sentiment stands. The problem is likely exacerbated by driveways those white no parking lines mean that a space is wasted all day while the owner is at work not to mention how ugly rows of badly slabbed front gardens look.

    The problem round my way is when the safe bits of the street fill up the govt staff start parking on narrow blind corners making it difficult to drive and down right dangerous with the bike or the buggy.

    Aye you are probably right maybe I should get a drive way and campaign for permits to be put in place :D

    Posted 12 years ago #

  15. custard
    Member

    this story is on Jeremy Vine today

    Posted 12 years ago #

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