Forums General chat NHS parking charges Reply To: NHS parking charges December 29, 2017 at 11:27 am #134 Howard 1 Posts So who is subsidising scotland/the snp? No such thing as a free lunch, or parking. Yes there is if the land belongs to the hospital/trust and they have made the decision not to sell/lease the land to a privately owned parking company because they consider that looking after the staff/patients by providing free parking is more important than milking their assets/staff/patients for every last drop. I could be happy with the argument that it’s ok to do this if the income is going directly to the NHS, but I’m pretty sure there are some private parking companies/share holders doing very well out of it.