£1.3 million in parking charges collected at Shropshire’s two main hospitals
A Telford borough councillor has revealed patients and visitors at Shropshire two main hospitals paid more than £1.3 million in parking fees during the last financial year.
Councillor Mike Ion, placed a request for the information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to discover how much the trust received from car park charges.
It revealed in 2010/11 patients and visitors to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital paid more than £1.3 million in parking charges.
Parking charges of £751,944 were collected at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, whilst those parking at the Princess Royal Hospital paid £546,776.
Parking fines paid by patients and visitors totaled £15,315.
Around £500,000 was paid to private company CP Plus to administer the car parks.
