Responding to Liberal Democrats' analysis showing hospital car parking fees have soared by 50%, Royal College of Nursing Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said:
“For nursing staff and support workers, the soaring cost of parking takes too much of their low wage. Nurses work around the clock to be there for their patients – and working odd shift times or in difficult locations means public transport is not always possible. District nurses even pay their own fuel costs to travel to patients.
“Government and the NHS must rethink - leaving nursing staff out of pocket just for doing their jobs is wholly unfair. Ministers need to invest in nursing, otherwise even more will leave this brilliant profession – and it will be patients who ultimately pay the price."
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