NURSES at a major Scottish hospital are in uproar over parking charges of £20 a day.

Last month, Semperian, a private company which runs the car park at Glasgow Royal Infirmary as part of a PFI scheme, announced it would increase overnight parking charges from £1.50 to £1.60 per hour.

Unlike other Scottish hospitals, there is no cap in parking charges, meaning costs can quickly spiral out of control. Now nurses have started a petition demanding the charge is reduced to £5, which has gathered 11,000 signatures.