Hospital car parks to go cashless with new system

Two hospital visitor car parks will go cashless with the introduction of a new automated payment system in the coming weeks.

Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will roll out a new camera-controlled, ticketless management system in the visitor car parks at Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract hospitals.

Dewsbury and Pontefract will become cashless when the new system begins operating from late May and early June respectively.

Meanwhile, the Pinderfields car parks will have one pay station that takes cash and card after the system launches there from 15 May.

All other pay stations at the main visitor car park and the Ashton car park at Pinderfields will be cashless.

Richard Young, associate director of estates for the trust, said the new system would make the parking process "more streamlined" and reduce paper waste.

He added: "We are always looking to innovate and this includes how we can use modern technology to improve the facilities for those visiting our hospitals."

The system will require visitors to input their vehicle registration number at a pay station when leaving, with the fee to be automatically generated, or pay via card at the exit barrier.

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