| Morriston Hospital - Parking 19:35 - Feb 22 with 11933 views | tomdickharry |
Visited the Hospital yesterday,its a case of if there's a space park in/on it,never seen illegal parking like it has to be seen to be believed,there were cars parked on double yellows,blind bends,pavements,centre of the roadway,in fact anywhere. |  | | |  |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 19:38 - Feb 22 with 11016 views | exiledclaseboy |
Aye it's a free for all. Singleton is even worse. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 21:28 - Feb 22 with 10914 views | Joe_bradshaw |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 19:38 - Feb 22 by exiledclaseboy |
Aye it's a free for all. Singleton is even worse. |
Both hospitals have become nightmares to park since it became free for all. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 21:37 - Feb 22 with 10896 views | fbreath |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 21:28 - Feb 22 by Joe_bradshaw |
Both hospitals have become nightmares to park since it became free for all. |
Why, you just park where you want to like everyone else |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 23:36 - Feb 22 with 10824 views | MillJack |
Fortunately for me I live just the other side of the bridge from Morriston Hospital, so I can walk it in 5 minutes. You're spot on though, the parking is absolute carnage and I am noticing more and more cars parked close to my street who are obviously using it to avoid driving around for 1/2 an hour to find a spot at the hospital. [Post edited 22 Feb 2017 23:36]
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 23:42 - Feb 22 with 10814 views | mysonsarejacks |
I was told DVLA use Morriston for their staff and bus them in. If it's true that's shocking. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 00:01 - Feb 23 with 10799 views | Highjack |
The hospital should employ one of these parking firms to stamp out this nonsense |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 03:09 - Feb 23 with 10764 views | Jack123 |
When i took a relative up there last year, it was choca block..I was told by a member of staff when I was having a moan about the situation, that it was to do with all the new blocks they are opening up, and they haven't allowed for the staff, 'admin staff' I'm sure he said.. I would hate to go there on my own for an appointment, I mean how much time do you leave to find a parking space.. Singletons the same.. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 07:15 - Feb 23 with 10721 views | owainglyndwr |
I am up there today for a check up after my operation, well a least once or twice a week at the moment.
I leave the house a least one hour before my appointment.
I was told there is plans for a new high rise car park with more developments and expantion ongoing |  | | |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 07:50 - Feb 23 with 10704 views | jackal |
I went to Morriston last week for a blood test and parked on the road by the little roundabout on the back road and walked in.
I went to Singleton last month and parked in Sketty Park Estate.
Luckily I'm mobile. It must be murder for anyone with disabilities. |  | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 09:20 - Feb 23 with 10654 views | blueytheblue |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 23:42 - Feb 22 by mysonsarejacks |
I was told DVLA use Morriston for their staff and bus them in. If it's true that's shocking. |
When I was working at DVLA a few years ago, there's a separate car park that was used with a shuttle bus service. Nobody mentioned parking at the hospital to me, so unless that's changed your info is wrong. | |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 12:00 - Feb 23 with 10580 views | Wingstandwood |
My sister is one of the cancer specialist team and has seen a patient's relatives arrive when the parent-patient is into the middle of a consultation. The (emotionally supportive) son/daughter lateness because a parking space cannot be found.
Believe it or not, I was slagged off by some silly bint living in London who posts on here for saying car parking should come before WAG (WASTE!) spending on opera houses etc.
And BTW Welsh NHS staff can compare what it's like elsewhere because they travel to oncology conferences as far afield to places (Singleton sent a small team last year) like Ireland etc. So the only people that talk boll#cks are the loons who know ZERO about what many an NHS patient and relative has experienced and defend the indefensible. Nice to see people (so far anyhow) on this thread know the full score regarding the car parking. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:35 - Feb 23 with 10528 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 12:00 - Feb 23 by Wingstandwood |
My sister is one of the cancer specialist team and has seen a patient's relatives arrive when the parent-patient is into the middle of a consultation. The (emotionally supportive) son/daughter lateness because a parking space cannot be found.
Believe it or not, I was slagged off by some silly bint living in London who posts on here for saying car parking should come before WAG (WASTE!) spending on opera houses etc.
And BTW Welsh NHS staff can compare what it's like elsewhere because they travel to oncology conferences as far afield to places (Singleton sent a small team last year) like Ireland etc. So the only people that talk boll#cks are the loons who know ZERO about what many an NHS patient and relative has experienced and defend the indefensible. Nice to see people (so far anyhow) on this thread know the full score regarding the car parking. |
Rude as well? Wow - you're a real gent aren't you.
I pointed out to you that the spend on the opera house comes from the arts budget not the NHS budget. If it wasn't spent on the opera house it wouldn't then be spent on the Morriston car park. It would be spent on something else on the arts.
It's genuinely not that difficult to understand.
If you had said that the money within the NHS budget could be differently spent then fine. Getting people in Wales to pay for their bloody prescriptions would be a good place to start.
Quite why you think I've no experience of Morriston is beyond me by the way. Just easy point scoring isn't it. Twist what someone says to make them sound like some right wing nutter. Pathetic. | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:38 - Feb 23 with 10521 views | Jackfath |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:35 - Feb 23 by londonlisa2001 |
Rude as well? Wow - you're a real gent aren't you.
I pointed out to you that the spend on the opera house comes from the arts budget not the NHS budget. If it wasn't spent on the opera house it wouldn't then be spent on the Morriston car park. It would be spent on something else on the arts.
It's genuinely not that difficult to understand.
If you had said that the money within the NHS budget could be differently spent then fine. Getting people in Wales to pay for their bloody prescriptions would be a good place to start.
Quite why you think I've no experience of Morriston is beyond me by the way. Just easy point scoring isn't it. Twist what someone says to make them sound like some right wing nutter. Pathetic. |
The cost of setting up an administrative system to pay for the prescriptions would be more than the revenue it would bring in. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:51 - Feb 23 with 10506 views | nice_to_michu |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:38 - Feb 23 by Jackfath |
The cost of setting up an administrative system to pay for the prescriptions would be more than the revenue it would bring in. |
That's an interesting point.
I often find myself going back and forth on the idea of free presecriptions. The left-winger in me wants to see it free, of course. But then you have to wonder whether it isn't a good use of our limited resources.
The administration cost thing is definitely something to think about though. It's a bit like the whole debate on "health tourism". The reality is that if we were going to crack down completely on so-called health tourism then it would likely only save us £250m per year. I say "only" because it's absolutely nothing compared to the total budget. There are much bigger fish to fry, so to speak. |  | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:57 - Feb 23 with 10496 views | Jackfath |
Re-introducing charging for prescriptions would need a robust administration and processing system to ensure the system was being used fairly and appropriately. In 2003, the Finance Committee of the National Assembly for Wales estimated that the cost of counter-fraud activities and payments to pharmacists for point-of-dispensing eligibility checks was £0.83 million. The costs associated with building a fairer system and then safeguarding that system against misuse would reduce significantly any potential income derived from the re-introduction of a charging regime. It would also negate the very real health benefits we believe Welsh citizens gain by removing ability to pay as a key consideration when an individual takes their prescription for dispensing.
Abolishing prescription charges has removed the complex, inequitable and costly framework for determining who should not be charged, who may be exempt from charges and who may be entitled to full or part remission of charges. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 13:57]
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:59 - Feb 23 with 10485 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:38 - Feb 23 by Jackfath |
The cost of setting up an administrative system to pay for the prescriptions would be more than the revenue it would bring in. |
Why? There is a system already in place - why can't they use that? | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:00 - Feb 23 with 10480 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:51 - Feb 23 by nice_to_michu |
That's an interesting point.
I often find myself going back and forth on the idea of free presecriptions. The left-winger in me wants to see it free, of course. But then you have to wonder whether it isn't a good use of our limited resources.
The administration cost thing is definitely something to think about though. It's a bit like the whole debate on "health tourism". The reality is that if we were going to crack down completely on so-called health tourism then it would likely only save us £250m per year. I say "only" because it's absolutely nothing compared to the total budget. There are much bigger fish to fry, so to speak. |
Why is it left wing to want free prescriptions?
The only people who pay are those that can afford to anyway. Should be right up a left wingers street. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 14:02]
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:03 - Feb 23 with 10474 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:57 - Feb 23 by Jackfath |
Re-introducing charging for prescriptions would need a robust administration and processing system to ensure the system was being used fairly and appropriately. In 2003, the Finance Committee of the National Assembly for Wales estimated that the cost of counter-fraud activities and payments to pharmacists for point-of-dispensing eligibility checks was £0.83 million. The costs associated with building a fairer system and then safeguarding that system against misuse would reduce significantly any potential income derived from the re-introduction of a charging regime. It would also negate the very real health benefits we believe Welsh citizens gain by removing ability to pay as a key consideration when an individual takes their prescription for dispensing.
Abolishing prescription charges has removed the complex, inequitable and costly framework for determining who should not be charged, who may be exempt from charges and who may be entitled to full or part remission of charges. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 13:57]
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It's a ridiculous waste of money. People get prescriptions for over the counter medicine because they don't want to pay 16p for ibuprofen in the supermarket. | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:04 - Feb 23 with 10474 views | AnotherJohn |
Hospital car parking and prescriptions are two areas where the four home countries have gone in different directions.
Car parking: England and N. Ireland still charge; Wales and Scotland offer free parking, except where existing contracts with outside companies apply.
Prescriptions: England charges while the other three countries do not. | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:05 - Feb 23 with 10464 views | Jackfath |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:03 - Feb 23 by londonlisa2001 |
It's a ridiculous waste of money. People get prescriptions for over the counter medicine because they don't want to pay 16p for ibuprofen in the supermarket. |
That's as maybe, and I agree with you. However this doesn't detract from the fact that a new system would cost more to set up than the revenue it would bring in. | |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:05 - Feb 23 with 10461 views | Joe_bradshaw |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 13:51 - Feb 23 by nice_to_michu |
That's an interesting point.
I often find myself going back and forth on the idea of free presecriptions. The left-winger in me wants to see it free, of course. But then you have to wonder whether it isn't a good use of our limited resources.
The administration cost thing is definitely something to think about though. It's a bit like the whole debate on "health tourism". The reality is that if we were going to crack down completely on so-called health tourism then it would likely only save us £250m per year. I say "only" because it's absolutely nothing compared to the total budget. There are much bigger fish to fry, so to speak. |
The thing about the left wing free prescription policy in Wales is that it benefited the 25% who could afford to pay - many of them Tory voters. The other 75% weren't paying anyway.
I am convinced that it was introduced because the then WAG could do it and it helped to make Wales different and justified their existence as a new governing body. Their powers were relatively limited in those days. It's left wing in theory but benefits the better off in practice. | |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:10 - Feb 23 with 10451 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:05 - Feb 23 by Jackfath |
That's as maybe, and I agree with you. However this doesn't detract from the fact that a new system would cost more to set up than the revenue it would bring in. |
Per the assembly's numbers. Which ignore the fact the system exists already.
It's not like there are different chemists that they'd need to use different systems for. Most prescriptions are filled in the supermarkets or in the chains like Boots or Superdrug. The systems are already there as prescriptions aren't free in England.
The Assembly talk about it as though they'd be setting it up from scratch. It's completely political. | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:13 - Feb 23 with 10442 views | Darran |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:05 - Feb 23 by Joe_bradshaw |
The thing about the left wing free prescription policy in Wales is that it benefited the 25% who could afford to pay - many of them Tory voters. The other 75% weren't paying anyway.
I am convinced that it was introduced because the then WAG could do it and it helped to make Wales different and justified their existence as a new governing body. Their powers were relatively limited in those days. It's left wing in theory but benefits the better off in practice. |
As I've said before whoever must have come up with the idea of free prescriptions in Wales must have been dropping acid at the time.
It's one of the most ridiculous things any political party in the world has come out with ever. |  |
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| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:18 - Feb 23 with 10436 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:13 - Feb 23 by Darran |
As I've said before whoever must have come up with the idea of free prescriptions in Wales must have been dropping acid at the time.
It's one of the most ridiculous things any political party in the world has come out with ever. |
It's gesture politics. The type the Assembly specialise in. | | | |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:20 - Feb 23 with 10427 views | Darran |
| Morriston Hospital - Parking on 14:18 - Feb 23 by londonlisa2001 |
It's gesture politics. The type the Assembly specialise in. |
It's pathetic not only did they stop any money coming in they then had to find more money to pay Pharmacies etc. | |
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