STOP PAID PARKING at Wyong Hospital

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• We are asking for the Communities support on STOPPING the process of rolling out Paid Parking @ Wyong Hospital.
  
• The Labor Government commenced an initiative for Regional / Rural hospitals to have FREE parking from 1st August 2023. Wyong Hospital was excluded as the carpark falls under the Metropolitan fee paying carpark. However the hospital remains Regional resourced / staffed & funded. 
  
• We fought against paid parking back in 2019 & won - its ridiculous we have to continually fight a battle when the circumstances have not changed.
  
• We are an isolated hospital with limited public transport - insufficient buses that stop for staff with rotating rosters & train stations not within walking distance with hourly trains (8km Wyong & 5km Warnervale)
  
• High density housing estates with no street parking available. Locals have already complained about staff parking in streets.
  
• A private hospital & public primary school across the road limiting off site parking, surrounded by the Pacific highway which is unsafe to park on.
  
• We live in a low socio-economic region where the cost of living & inflation has impacted locals & their families greatly. Our stats for Wyong fall well below the average when looking at incomes & education & above average with disability. This decision will negatively impact our community in many ways - increased ambulance call outs as unable to pay for parking, reduced family visits for those in hospital, declined referrals for clinics as unable to afford exorbitant parking fees. 
  

Kelly Falconer NSWNMA    Contact the author of the petition