Funny how things change. Not too long ago, the (then) Labour junior health minister Ben Bradshaw described a Welsh Assembly action to provide free parking at hospitals as "one of the joys of devolution" with barely concealed condescension.Today, Health secretary Andy Burnham outlined proposals to phase out hospital parking charges in England for in-patients and some out-patients which he says have caused "great resentment".
The Beeb say that he has pledged a ‘fairer’ system for relatives and friends of people admitted to hospital and will be looking at whether to abolish fees for all in-patients' visitors - or just those admitted for a long stay.
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