Increase to public car park charges at Pilgrim Hospital

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group is increasing car parking charges for patients and visitors to Lincoln, Boston and Grantham hospitals.

The increases have been kept to a minimum, and are part of a series of changes that have recently been made to improve car parking provision for patients and visitors at the hospitals.

This includes having more spaces across the sites dedicated solely for use by patients and visitors. This change has only recently been implemented and is already helping to reduce some of the stress caused by coming to the hospitals. Visits up to 30 minutes also remain free.

Improvements and repairs have also been made to many of the public car parks and plans are in place for further works to be completed in the coming months.

Mike Parkhill, Group Chief Estates and Facilities Officer, said: “Parking charges were reduced at the hospitals in 2020 and these prices have remained in place for the last five years.

“We continue to have concessions in place for many patients and this has not changed. This includes those with a blue badge, those patients undergoing cancer treatment and parents/guardians staying with children who are admitted to one of our wards. For further information about our concessions we advise patients to talk to the ward or department that is caring for them.

“We are also continuing to offer the first 30 minutes for free for all patients and visitors to our hospitals.”

The changes will come into effect from Tuesday 1 July.