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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. | 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. | 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." |
| Sophie Round, a healthcare support worker, said she was "gutted". | |
| "It's not really the outcome that we wanted and what we earn doesn't really cover the fines," she added. | |
| Staff nurse Felicity Richards added: "I have to allow 45 minutes to an hour extra to park my car every morning to find somewhere to park. | |
| "By the time I get into work there are usually no parking spaces and I have to park off site and quite often I have to park a 20 to 25 minutes walk away." | |
| Ms Prior 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. |
| Indigo has had a contract to manage and maintain the hospital's car parks for several years and has 1,250 spaces there. | |
| 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. | Indigo Park Services UK and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have been asked to comment. |