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To: The government and county councils
Carers and healthcare professionals require parking permits to prevent fines
Issue all healthcare professionals and carers with parking permits or class carers as essential and exempt them from parking fines only whilst delivering care in a vulnerable persons home . Lawful parking spaces don't always exist. Healthcare professionals and carers are being fined whilst caring for your loved ones . We are limited on time so driving around and around looking for lawful parking spaces uses up valuable time that should be spent caring for the vulnerable. Even after driving around and around these lawful parking spaces still might not exist forcing us to park in restricted areas which often leads to a fine. The vulnerable still need the essential care we provide.
Why is this important?
It's important that all vulnerable people receive the essential care they are entitled to . It's important to show that carers and healthcare professionals matter too . Finding lawful parking spaces whilst delivering essential care isn't easy at times . It's important that carers and healthcare professionals can always park their cars whilst delivering essential care to the vulnerable people nationwide. Carers and healthcare professionals being fined is not helping with recruitment, there's already staffing shortage in the care sector. Carers and healthcare professionals are already amongst the lowest paid . As carers and healthcare professionals we put the vulnerable first even if no lawful parking space exists and this then leads to an expensive fine doesn't seem fair . Devon county council give their healthcare professionals and carers free parking permits I'm asking for this to be available to all carers and healthcare professionals please.