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Hospital staff paid £70.5 million to park at work in 2023-24
A view of parking charges at Buckland Hospital in Dover, Kent
HOSPITAL staff in England paid about £70.5 million to park at work in 2023-24, research by general union GMB has revealed.
And some hospital trusts have increased parking charges on both staff and patients in the last 12 months.
GMB and public-sector union Unison are campaigning for an end to charges on hospital staff for parking at work.
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