The Slough Joint East Berkshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee recently set up a working group to look into the issue of car parking charges at East Berkshire Hospitals and are keen to hear from people about the experiences of parking.
The working group members include Councillors from Slough Borough Council, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell Forest Council, as well as representatives from Local Involvement Networks and Slough Borough Council.
The objective of the review is to understand the charging regimes, exemptions, the income generated, the cost of providing the facility and the net contribution of car parking to the Trusts’ and Primary Care Trust’s overall budget.
The NHS establishments included in this review are:
* St Marks Hospital, Windsor
* King Edward, Windsor
* Wexham Park Hospital, Slough
* Upton Park Hospital, Slough
* Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot
The Slough group aims to formulate further comments and recommendations to the Hospitals Trust and the PCT and an initial findings report will be submitted to the committee in March 2010.
The group is keen to hear from patients, relatives or carers that may have experience of using the car park, or if you are a resident who lives near one of the hospitals, and may have been affected by cars parked in surrounding areas.
Your comments, complaints and suggestions are valuable to this review and if you would like to contribute, please send your comments by Monday 15 February, 2010 by email to scrutiny@slough.gov.uk or by post to Ngozi Enekwa, policy and scrutiny, Slough Borough Council, St Martins Place, 51 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3UF.
Slough Borough Council
