Covid: Free parking for NHS hospital staff in England to end this week

Free parking for NHS hospital staff in England introduced as a result of the pandemic will end on Friday, the government says.

He said over 93% of NHS trusts charging for parking have implemented free parking "for those in greatest need", including NHS staff working overnight.Announcing the removal of the benefit, the government said it was "delivering on our manifesto commitment to provide free hospital car parking to thousands more NHS patients and visitors".

The Department of Health and Social Care said that the broader policy was temporary and had been introduced "for the duration of the pandemic".In a written statement, Mr Javid added: "On behalf of the government, I would like to record my thanks to everyone who has worked tirelessly to keep people safe over the last two years and whose efforts have enabled us to move to the next stage of the Covid-19 response.

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