Parking for staff and patients will be free over Christmas at all our main hospital sites (Broomfield, Basildon and Southend) from midnight on Christmas Day until 7am on Friday 27 December, as well as on New Year's Day.
A car park barrier and payment system operates at Basildon Hospital, The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and Orsett Hospital.
The barriers work on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). The number plate recognition system will log your vehicle registration number and raise the barrier as you enter the car park.
Before returning to your car, please go to the payment machine. You will be asked to enter your car registration number and the correct payment which can be paid by cash or by credit/debit card.
The barrier will lift when you exit the car park.
View accessibility information about this area on the AccessAble website at https://www.accessable.co.uk/mid-and-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust/basildon-university-hospital/access-guides/basildon-university-hospital-parking.
The car park barriers and payments work on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). The number plate recognition system will log your vehicle registration number and raise the barrier as you enter the car park.
Before returning to your car, please go to the payment machine. You will be asked for your car registration number and the correct payment which can be paid by cash, credit/debit card, contactless or Glide https://www.glideparking.com a car parking app which can be downloaded for free from the App Store or Google Play.
The barrier will lift when you exit the car park.
Patients and visitors have two options for paying for parking at Southend Hospital.
Using the pay and display machines: On arrival, pay for your ticket using cash or contactless payment at a parking machine and display the ticket in your vehicle.
QR code scanning: On arrival, pay for your parking by scanning the QR code on the machine or car park signage. This will take you to a website where you can enter your vehicle details and make payment using a credit or debit card. When paying this way there is no need to display anything in your vehicle – your payment will be automatically tracked.
Each pay station and exit barrier has a button linked to a member of the car park/security staff, who will be able to help you.
Our daily parking prices are:
This applies all year-round including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Permits to allow free parking (parking concessions) are available to these patients and visitors:
Please talk to a member of staff in the ward or department to obtain a Free Parking Permit application form.
If you're referred to hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests by a doctor, dentist or another primary care health professional, you may be able to claim a refund of reasonable travel costs under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS).
This page explains who's eligible for the scheme and how to make a claim. https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/healthcare-travel-costs-scheme-htcs/
Please park in a designated bay in car park 2 and speak to the department you are visiting for a dedicated permit. If parked in the main Multi-storey Car Park, please ask the department you are visiting to notify the car parking team and provide them with your vehicle registration number to allow free exit.
Please park in a designated Renal Unit bays and speak to the staff in the department to obtain a free parking permit.
Please park in any public car park and speak to staff in the department to obtain a free parking permit form.
Please park in the dedicated car park off Carlingford Drive, using the intercom on entry and exit.
Parking is free for Blue Badge holders at all hospital sites. Please see the notes below for more information about Blue Badge parking at each of our sites.
Please take your Blue Badge to the car parking office in the main car park, or security office at the main entrance. The team will record your vehicle registration and Blue Badge number. Once registered you can exit the car park without charge by using the intercom.
Please display your badge clearly when parked in a designated area. When you are ready to leave please enter your vehicle registration number into the pay station and when prompted to pay select ‘Blue Badge’ and enter last 6 characters of your Blue Badge number – this will discount the parking session to £0 and you can exit the car park without charge.
If you are a Blue Badge holder you can register your blue badge details with us by visiting the cashier’s office in the main atrium between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday, please take your blue badge to show them. This will give free access to the hospital parking up to the expiry date of your badge.
To register via email please send details of blue badge to mse.travel.centre@nhs.net:
If you change your car registration at anytime you will need to update your details.
You can still use the payment machine in the car park for daily parking.
Please display your Blue Badge at all times when you parked.