First ever political post

[grantzer]

I sometimes think you could put a bit more in your posts.😉

Maybe if he thought about them first?

[Deeranged]

I sometimes think you could put a bit more in your posts.��

Stop bullying Islay

[Returnofrros]

Stop bullying Islay

🤣

If I cud I'd make Islay an honorary mad poster.

[BCram]

Well done notso, great first political post! I think you should try another one.

[islaydarkblue]

I sometimes think you could put a bit more in your posts.😉

I am great believer in backing up my posts with facts. I stitch in time saves nine.

[grantzer]

I am great believer in backing up my posts with facts. I stitch in time saves nine.

Those " facts"......

The reason parking charges at hospitals should not be scrapped is that people then cannot find a parking space because of staff parking.

Now leaving aside the fact that nurses should be allowed to park for free at a hospital,you backed that up with examples of times you have gone for an appointment,and been able to park your car.......

How did those facts back up your argument?

[Returnofrros]

Those " facts"......

The reason parking charges at hospitals should not be scrapped is that people then cannot find a parking space because of staff parking.

Now leaving aside the fact that nurses should be allowed to park for free at a hospital,you backed that up with examples of times you have gone for an appointment,and been able to park your car.......

How did those facts back up your argument?

What's so special about nurses?

Would it be taxed as a benefit in kind?

[grantzer]

What's so special about nurses?

Would it be taxed as a benefit in kind?

I just think if they are doing a job that could potentially save my life they should get free parking..

Wouldn't want them running outside putting money in the meter during an op

[BCram]

This is another vote catching trick by the SNP to deflect from their failures elsewhere governing Scotland.
Car parking was introduced at Ninewells Hospital because people turning up for day clinics and people visiting patients in Ninewells Hospital could not get their car parked in the car parks because they were full of cars parked by people who worked in the centre of Dundee. These people took advantage of free parking in the Ninewells Hospital car parks and took one of the buses from Ninewells Hospital into the centre of Dundee returning back to Ninewells Hospital after the end of their working day to collect their car.
There is currently a big problem with getting parked in the rest of the NHS Scotland hospital car parks due to people parking their car all day for feee.
I will give you examples of free parking in NHS Scotland hospitals which have affected me thanks to me attending out patient appointments.
Gartnaval Hospital car park is full of staff parking their car all day. I had two appointments there on a Friday afternoon in June 2016. I had previously been told that it was very difficult to get a car parking space in the large car park at Gartnaval Hospital. I was there at least one hour before the time of my first appointment and spent almost half an hour driving round the car park before I managed to find a space at the far end of the car park. I came out of Gartnaval Hospital after 5pm and the car parks were almost empty as most of the staff had finished their work for the day.
Royal Alexandria Hospital (RAH) in Paisley. I had an appointment at 8am on a Tuesday morning in October 2017. When I arrived in the car park it was almost empty but by the time I left the RAH at 9.15am the car park was full with car drivers driving round looking for a car parking space and increasing CO2 emissions into the bargain. Hopefully the Scottish Government are counting all these extra CO2 emissions but I doubt it
Oban and Lorne Hospital in Oban has a huge problem with their car park being full of cars sitting there all day and in some cases for over a week at a time. Tourists park their car in this hospital car park in Oban free of charge and take one of the Calmac ferries which depart from Oban travelling as foot passengers. People also park their car in the hospital car park in Oban while they take one of the local buses which operate every 20 minutes during the day into the centre of Oban for their shopping. All the streets in the
centre of Oban have parking meters or double yellow lines.
I have also had an appointment at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH ) in Glasgow. I had an appointment in the QEUH in April 2018 just after 9.am on a Thursday morning. We were there in plenty of time and there was plenty of car parking spaces in the QEUH multi storey car park. Unfortunately my appointment was delayed until 1pm and we went for a run in our car to put in time. When we returned to the QUEH at 12 noon I had to park on the top storey of the multi storey car park as all the other floors were full.
People travelling to Ninewells Hospital for day clinics and to visit patients will need to get used to having difficulty finding a parking space in the Ninewells Hospital car parks as they are likely to be full
On the plus side Ninewells Avenue will no longer have cars parked on both sides of the road from before 9am until after 5pm Monday to Friday.

Ninewells Avenue now has a cycle lane painted on the West side. Yet to see a cyclist using it.

[Returnofrros]

I just think if they are doing a job that could potentially save my life they should get free parking..

Wouldn't want them running outside putting money in the meter during an op

Nice sentiment but it is just that.

What about other care workers, what about carers, what about polis, what about firemen, rnli?, an observant banker cud save your life savings, a postie sees you lying on the floor, social worker, ambulance drivers.......list pretty much endless.......nurses are very well rewarded for what they do as are most public sector employers.

Now private carers, crack on.