NHS hospitals made £174m from car park charges this year

Some trusts say charges pay for patient care but Liberal Democrats condemn them as a ‘tax on sickness’

NHS hospitals made a record £174m from charging patients, visitors and staff to park in 2016/17, up 6% on the previous year.

Data from 111 hospital trusts across England shows that as many as two-thirds are making more than £1m a year. More than half of trusts now charge disabled people to park.

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