Why can’t I find a parking space ....?

Well, ... the short answer is that we have six patient parking spaces and that if you can’t find a space then they are being used!

The slightly longer answer is that Kings Medical Centre has 28 parking spaces plus five disabled spaces. Nineteen of these (plus three disabled parking spaces) are allocated to the doctors’ surgery and the remaining nine spaces (plus 2 disabled parking spaces) to the dental practice and for PCT staff.

Currently parking is a bit of a mess with staff cars parking in disabled spaces and also double parking. The double parking makes the car park dangerous for users – it restricts visibility and makes manoeuvring in the car park much more difficult.

The parking of staff cars in disabled spaces is particularly irritating. Disabled access to the surgery is very easy as patients can park in the disabled spaces and get access to reception from the lift that can be accessed from the car park. Patients with mobility problems have only a short distance to get into the surgery. If staff park in disabled spaces it makes it much more difficult for disabled patients to get into the building.

But not all is lost – we have a plan!

We intend to enforce the Parking Plan that was agreed with Wakefield MDC when we obtained planning permission for the building. We are going to erect some signs that essentially say that by parking your car in the car park, staff and visitors agree to the following:

· Cars must be parked correctly within a marked parking space
· Cars may be parked in a disabled bay if they display a disabled parking badge
· Patient parking is limited to one hour
· Staff may park if they display a Kings Medical Centre permit
· Failure to abide by these rules will result in a £50 fine and £50 fee for clamp removal

We hope that this will make the car park safe and ensure that disabled patients have access to the disabled parking spaces that are available.

Comments

  1. Ivan14 May 2010 at 15:09

    Are you going to clamp your staff?

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  2. Dr David Brown18 May 2010 at 13:12

    Not to start with. We hope that improved signage, notes and sticky notes in two strengths of stickiness (!) will mean that staff who use the building will park responsibly and not park illegally in disabled spaces. But if they continue to flout the rules ....

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