Parking charges rise at Friarage and James Cook hospitals
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is increasing car parking charges at The James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage Hospital.
They say it's to allow for further improvements to be made to car parking facilities.
People staying for more than four hours at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough will have to pay £7 per day - up from £5.70.
Those parking for shorter durations will also pay more.
The South Tees NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, says it's to pay for improvements in parking facilities.
The new fees come into force on November 1.
New daily parking costs at The James Cook University Hospital:
0-20 minutes Free
20 minutes – 2 hours £3
2 - 3 hours £4
3 – 4 hours £6
4 – 24 hours £7
Blue Badge Parking (24 hours) From 1 December 2017 £3
New daily parking costs at The Friarage Hospital:
0-20 minutes Free
20 minutes – 2 hours £2
2 -4 hours £3.50
Up to 24 hours £4
Blue Badge Parking (24 hours)* To be implemented on completion of cancer development in 2018
The Trust says it already has a dedicated 1,100 space car park for staff at Prissick Base which, in turn, allows an additional 236 patient and visitor spaces closer to hospital buildings.