Free parking extended for staff and visitors at three Scottish hospitals
Charges at Ninewells, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary will remain scrapped until January 2021
Last updated 25th Sep 2020
Free parking at three Scottish hospitals has been extended for a further three months.
Charges at Ninewells, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary were to be brought back in next month but will now last until January 2021.
Scottish Health Secretary Jean Freeman said: “In March I wrote to the car park providers at these three PFI hospitals urging them to suspend car parking charges for staff and patients for at least the duration that NHS Scotland remained on an emergency footing.
"I am pleased they agreed to do this and extended the arrangements until September 2020. As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, I am pleased that we are able to extend the free car parking arrangements until January 2021.
“This extension continues to support staff and remove the barriers to our staff working with the NHS during these unprecedented times.
“The Scottish Government is continuing to work on a long term solution to the issue of car parking changes.”
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