A frustrated nurse was “left so upset” after finding an awful note left on her car windscreen following a 13-hour shift.
Jessica Hannah, 22, who works at an Edinburgh hospital was forced to park on a residential street because she claims she was not permitted to use the hospital car park.
The newly qualified nurse explained catching a bus to work would take an extra hour on top of a long day.
The note pinned under her windscreen wiper read: “You are blocking my entrance to my parking.
“If this situation happens again, the car registration number will be reported to the relevant office with photo documentation.”
Ms Hannah explained you can only park in the staff car park with a permit which you are qualified for if you live over 30 miles away.
She said: “They have wardens standing at the entrance to the car park every morning. They turn me away, even with my staff badge. If I was to get the bus from the other side of Edinburgh it would add an hour travel each way to my already 13-hour-shift – when am I meant to sleep?”
The nurse claimed she had not parked over anyone’s drive and was on a normal stretch of road.
She added: “Finding that note at the end of the day has just left me so upset. I’m at a complete loss. Where else can I go? I wish the hospital would just let us park somewhere. Even if it meant I had to pay for a staff permit, I definitely would.”
The Mirror reports due to limited parking spaces, those working at Edinburgh’s hospitals in the Little France district are only allowed to park in the staff car park on nightshifts, or over the weekend. Since the opening of Edinburgh’s Sick Kids Hospital in 2021, NHS staff have struggled to manage parking in the Little France sites.
However, Morag Campbell, Director of Estates and Facilities at NHS Lothian said a range of measures to support staff were available including a staff shuttle bus service to a park and ride facility, and access to car park 2C from certain hours.
James Crosbie, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for NHS Lothian, has previously said that there would be up to 250 new parking spaces made at the hospital complex, but despite this promise, the nurse has been left frustrated, adding that a whole new hospital has been constructed, but no new staff car park.
