Patients at NHS hospitals forced to pay £2 an hour for ‘Boris bike’ style wheelchairs
A patient in a wheelchair
CAMPAIGNERS have condemned the shocking revelation that patients at NHS hospitals are being charged £2 per hour for wheelchair usage.
Israeli firm Wheelshare has installed “Boris bike”-style docking stations at King’s College Hospital in Lambeth, Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge and Bedford Hospital.
Patients can unlock the chairs using a credit card machine. The first four hours are free, but afterwards users are charged £2/hour automatically, a likely scenario with skyrocketing A&E times.
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