"Car Parking for the Minor Injuries Unit"

Unfortunately today I had to bring my son to the Minor Injuries Unit after being told to do so by the GP.

When we arrived I found that the Car Parking situation had been made worse by the introduction of Pay and Display. The machines only accept coins and no notes or cards accepted. The wait is up at 2 and a half hours, so I had to leave my teenager while going off site to find change to put in the ticket machine.

Why on earth has this ridiculous system been brought in? There is no way of telling how long that you may have to wait. There is no way of getting coins on the hospital site to keep feeding the parking machine. This is extremely frustrating! If you are going to penalise patients for parking, at least get machines that take notes and cards, plus give you the option of taking a card that you can then put in a machine at the end of your stay to pay what you owe. A very unwelcome greeting at a stressful time.