Proceeding contribution from Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 28 April 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Health Bill [HL].
Health Bill [HL]
My Lords, I understood that it was one of the principles of the National Health Service that services provided should in general be free at the point of provision. A car park at a hospital is really an ancillary service. People do not go to the hospital for the sake of entertainment or anything of that kind; they go for the sake of receiving a service in the hospital. I commend to the noble Lord the good example north of the border, where, apart from in public/private partnerships, the Government have abolished car parking charges in the hospitals under their control. That is an example that would be well followed.
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- 2008-09
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- Complaints Accountability Appeals Consent to medical treatment Carers Costs Delegated legislation Contamination Blood Health services Finance Fees and charges Education Innovation Health professions Health authorities Haemophilia Local government NHS Medical treatments Patients Low incomes Ministerial powers Parking Payments Parliamentary scrutiny Patients' rights Standards Training Research CJD Care Quality Commission NHS constitution
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- Health Bill (HL) 2008-09
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