Press release – December 14 2018
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Local hospitals offer free patient and visitor parking on Christmas Day and Boxing Day

Wye Valley NHS Trust is pleased to offer free parking on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, 25 and 26 December 2018, to patients and visitors at Hereford County Hospital, Ross, Leominster and Bromyard Community Hospitals.

The car park entry/exit barriers at Hereford County Hospital will be raised on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and the pay machines will be taken out of action temporarily to allow free parking on these days for patients and visitors.

At the Trust’s three community hospitals, Ross, Leominster and Bromyard, signs will be displayed on the pay machines advising that parking is free on these two festive days.

Christian Homersley, head of estates, facilities and capital planning, at Wye Valley NHS Trust, said: “We are pleased to offer free parking to patients and relatives on Christmas Day and Boxing Day as we know that patients would prefer to be at home at Christmas and hopefully this makes it easier for relatives visiting on these days”.

Hereford County Hospital provides a number of parking concessions on other days of the year and at its community hospitals. To find out more visit www.wyevalley.nhs.uk (click on the County Hospital parking link on the home page).

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Notes to Editors WVT:

• Wye Valley NHS Trust is a provider of health services across Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust exists to improve the wellbeing, independence and health of the people we serve.
• By working closely with our partners, we can make good our promise to deliver a quality of care we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends.
• With an estimated annual turnover of around £180 million, we employ around 3,000 staff. We aim to build new relationships between our staff, patients, service users and their carers with the wider community.

For further information please contact:

John Burnett, Communication and Engagement Manager, Wye Valley NHS Trust: 01432 372928 or Amanda Millichip, Communications Officer 01432 355444 ext. 5105.