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Cardiff hospital nurse 'owes £150,000' for parking tickets | Cardiff hospital nurse 'owes £150,000' for parking tickets |
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Nearly 80 members of staff at a Cardiff hospital have been left "broken" by a court ruling that means they owe thousands of pounds in parking tickets, a campaigner has said. | |
On Friday, a judge at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre ruled private company Indigo could collect the charges from University Hospital of Wales staff. | On Friday, a judge at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre ruled private company Indigo could collect the charges from University Hospital of Wales staff. |
The ruling means 78 people must pay £128 per outstanding ticket. | The ruling means 78 people must pay £128 per outstanding ticket. |
Campaigner Sue Prior said one nurse had tickets amounting to £150,000. | |
Ms Prior said: "It's horrendous. Some of them [staff] are broken. They're scared stiff, petrified, they feel sick. This affects everyone from cleaners to doctors." | Ms Prior said: "It's horrendous. Some of them [staff] are broken. They're scared stiff, petrified, they feel sick. This affects everyone from cleaners to doctors." |
She said staff had permits which allowed them to park in designated areas for £1.05 a day. | She said staff had permits which allowed them to park in designated areas for £1.05 a day. |
But she said a lack of spaces meant staff had been forced to park in unauthorised areas. | But she said a lack of spaces meant staff had been forced to park in unauthorised areas. |
Ms Prior said she had been campaigning on behalf of staff because two of her children were born blind at the hospital, but after medical intervention now have some sight. | Ms Prior said she had been campaigning on behalf of staff because two of her children were born blind at the hospital, but after medical intervention now have some sight. |
"I had to help. Without those people and the NHS my children would be blind," she said. | "I had to help. Without those people and the NHS my children would be blind," she said. |
Indigo Park Services UK and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have been asked to comment. |