Burnley hospital staff get parking reminder (From Lancashire Telegraph)

I live near the hospital and sometimes i cannot park at all on my own street , i know exactly which cars belong to hospital staff and what time they come and go , we get the nurses arriving for the early shift then the office staff arrriving for the 9 til 5 and then some part time staff arriving for the late / evening shift and it is so annoying to drive onto my street and not be able to park.
But ! on the other hand i understand the reasons why , the staff are a captive market for easy money by the hospital / trust , i know the nurses have something like 90 odd pound a year deducted for parking fees and the day rates are atrocious for staff and of course visitors so we get those parking on here as well , yet we are told that in Scotland and Wales the parking charges are being dropped so why not England ?

cos the english government just wanna screw us for owt they can,maggy thatcher naffed our GREAT country up,wot a mess she made of this country,n yea i live nr hospital n ENDED UP GETTIN A TICKET FOR PARKIN OUTSIDE MI "OWN"HOME COS ITS GOT DOUBLE YELLOWS AND THE HOSPITAL WORKERS HAD TAKEN ALL THE PARKING SPACES,SUPPOSE I SHUD AV CHARGED THE HOSPITAL FOR IT

There are two reasons parking isn't free. One is that it provides an income to the PFI firm which they would lose and have to be compensated for. The second is that there wouldn't be enough spaces because of laws restricting spaces that are aimed to get people on public transport.

There is another solution. Staff could use the free spaces at the Prairie and use the free shuttle bus up to the hospital. I'd love to know why they don't.

In the mean-time it's the residents that have to put up with it!