My wife and I arrived at Royal Oldham Hospital at 2.00pm for a 2.35 consultation appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon. My wife is a wheelchair user and I currently have difficulty walking with an ankle injury, which was the reason for our visit today. As my wife is a blue badge holder, we drove onto the car park hoping to be able to find a disabled parking space, but none were available.
We stayed in the car park for 10 minutes or so in the hope that a space would become available, but sadly, none did. We therefore drove out if the car park, back onto the road, then back again onto the car park to see if any spaces at all had become available, but again, without success. It was by now 2 25pm, and time was running out for our appointment. Once again we drove out of the car park onto the main road and back into the car parking area. Still nothing, except a space adjacent to A&E where there were no yellow lines and no no parking signs. We had no alternative but to leave the car there, displaying the Blue Badge with the correct time of arrival displayed. We got back to the car at 2 55pm, only to find we had a parking ticket!
What could we have done differently? If we were to get to the long awaited appointment we had no choice, we had to park somewhere near to the main door. My wife is wheelchair bound, and at the present time, I am only able to walk short distances, using my wife in her wheelchair as my walking frame.
Parking is horrendous in many hospitals, Royal Oldham Hospital is particularly difficult and stressful.
I intend writing to the parking company to appeal. We'll just have wait and see now!
"What could we have done differently?"
About: Royal Oldham Hospital / Trauma and orthopaedics Royal Oldham Hospital Trauma and orthopaedics Oldham OL1 2JH
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