Won’t services cost more if they are spread across so many sites?
These changes aren’t about saving money – they are about how we best invest the money we expect to have available. We expect services overall will cost an extra £50m a year by 2012 and we want to deliver the best services, which means providing them as close to people’s homes as possible. But we need to make sure we get value for money, so some services will operate from only a few facilities. Back to top ^ Car parking charges Car parks cost a lot of money to run and keep safe. It would be wrong for hospitals to use some of the money given to them for delivering medical care on subsidising car parks for visitors. There are schemes for people on low income to have charges refunded and frequent visitors can buy reduced-rate season tickets.
