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OUR hospitals raised million of pounds from car parking charges - including hundreds of thousands of pounds from staff parking fees.

SOUTHEND and Basildon hospitals raised million of pounds from car parking charges - including hundreds of thousands of pounds from staff parking fees. Now, campaigners have called for charges for staff to be scrapped after data revealed that £1.6million was made from car parking charges at the Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust last year. Specifically, Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Foundation Trust made £2.7million through parking. At the Mid and South Essex Trust, £155,422 was raked in through charging staff to park, compared to £733,738 at the Basildon and Thurrock Trust. But...

Exhausted doctor slams staff shortages with 30 A&E shifts unfilled in next 7 days AN exhausted doctor has criticised the lack of staff which is said to have left 30 A&E shifts unstaffed for the next seven days. The medic, who asked to remain anonymous, said differing pay arrangements between Basildon and Southend Hospitals had exacerbated the problem, with doctors less likely to stand in for shifts at Southend because of delays in overtime payment. The Southend Hospital doctor said: “The whole situation is impacting everyone’s mental health and we are seeing rising numbers of staff ...

Exhausted doctor slams staff shortages with 30 A&E shifts unfilled in next 7 days AN exhausted doctor has criticised the lack of staff which is said to have left 30 A&E shifts unstaffed for the next seven days. The medic, who asked to remain anonymous, said differing pay arrangements between Basildon and Southend Hospitals had exacerbated the problem, with doctors less likely to stand in for shifts at Southend because of delays in overtime payment. The Southend Hospital doctor said: “The whole situation is impacting everyone’s mental health and we are seeing rising numbers of staff ...

PATIENTS in need of oxygen are being diverted from Southend to Basildon Hospital due to “a critical supply issue”, it is claimed.