Parking at a hospital

[susannicola]

Hello, i have found out today that i have been parking in a disabled bay with my disabled badges on show at Sunderland Royal hospital, i have been doing this for 7 days as my sister is very ill, you have to register at the hospital for Blue Badge parking or receive a £70 fine each time i didnt know this but a fellow driver told me today. I went back in to hospital to register with my blue badges and the lady told me that i would be receiving fines for each time i had parked previously before today she said it was Parking Eye that would be sending me the fines not the hospital, i will be bankrupt as somedays when sister was in intensive care i went home then back to hospital later, should i wait for fine or contact the Parking Eye now please help x

[judgemental24]

Re: Parking at a hospital

I do wish people would stop referring to these as "Fines"
They are nothing more than speculative invoices

The Equality Act as to disability (Blue Badge) has no legal Authority on Private Land to provide car parking facilities, only public authorities

'And yes a hospital is maintained at public expense

You will get no invoice from parking eye as their licence was revoked last week to trade due to Fraud aganst motorists

[Berniethebolt]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Judgemental
Can you provide a link to where the licence was revoked . Often in cases like this they can continue to trade pending an appeal

This may be one for [MENTION=5354]mystery1[/MENTION]

[judgemental24]

Re: Parking at a hospital

As far as i am aware the abiliuty to obtain drivers detals have been withdrawn due to fraud and i am in error

It is not parking eye but UKPC

SORRY


The company has been suspended from the list of operators that have access to the government’s central list of vehicle owners. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) took the action when it became the latest organisation to launch an investigation of the firm over allegations of fraudulently issued tickets.

UKPC claims to operate more than 2,000 car parks across Britain for hospital trusts, supermarkets and housing associations. Earlier this month The Sunday Times revealed that wardens working for the company had falsified time-stamps to make it appear that drivers had overstayed in car parks. They then issued their vehicles with tickets.

The ruse was exposed when victims set up a campaign group to highlight cases of fraud and the company confessed that wardens had exploited a loophole in its software to alter time-stamps.

The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is also looking into one case of doctored tickets involving UKPC.

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[Berniethebolt]

Re: Parking at a hospital

I believe they are part of Capita and can find no mention of it anywhere ,

[des8]

Re: Parking at a hospital

I know there was a move in Barnet to have them removed from the hospital, but I believe that failed.
Query what licence do they need to operate on private land?

edit< crossed with later posts

[Berniethebolt]

Re: Parking at a hospital

UKPC and parking eye are different companies so parking Eye are still very much in business

[des8]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Re OP's original query: await PE;s contact and then come back for advice from Mystery.
Photos of hospital signage will probably be useful at that time

[Berniethebolt]

Re: Parking at a hospital

I agree with Des , so basically next time you go to the hospital take as many pics as you can of signage and instructions.

I do hope your sister is on the right track

[mystery1]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Await each ticket and deal with them individually.

Chib the hospital management see what they say.

Otherwise each one will be

Dear Sirs,


I, as registered keeper, wish to invoke your appeals process. The driver did not see any signs . I note your notice to keeper is fundamentally flawed when compared to PoFA 2012 schedule 4 para 9 in several aspects .


Should you reject my appeal please supply a popla code.


Yours etc




If popla is need let me know.


M1

[ostell]

Re: Parking at a hospital

For hospitals one of the suggestions is to contact PALS at the hospital and complain to them. They have sufficient authority to get the tickets cancelled.

(Patient Advice and Liaison Service)

And the Echo would probably be interested in "Disabled man fined for visiting seriously ill sister in hospital"

[susannicola]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Thank you all i am waiting for the tickets to arrive, felt really ill with worry yesterday but things could be worse i suppose does anyone know how long it takes to receive these tickets please

[mystery1]

Re: Parking at a hospital

If there was no ticket on the car then it must be with you within 14 days for keeper liability purposes hence never tell them who was driving so they have to chase the keeper. The keeper and driver MIGHT be the same person but they do not know that and will never be able to prove it unless you tell or indicate it to them.

M1

[susannicola]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Hello, i was the driver my husband is the keeper does it make any difference.

[Kati]

Re: Parking at a hospital

Hello, i was the driver my husband is the keeper does it make any difference.

Not if they don't know that