As of Monday 3 February 2025, Bedfordshire Hospitals will have new concessionary car parking offerings at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital in line with mandatory NHS car parking guidance.
Free car parking will be provided to those most in need, including disabled patients and visitors*, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight, parents of patients in the neonatal units, bereaved parents and carers of patients with dementia or learning difficulties.
Those eligible will need to request an authorisation form when attending the hospital with authorisation provided by a Ward Manager or Matron and then taken to the security kiosk/office for validation.
The Trust’s concessionary car parking offering extends beyond the national mandatory parking concessions for those in greatest need. The Trust also operates the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme which allows for the refund of travel and parking costs for those who are in receipt of certain benefits.
Patients and visitors can speak to a member of staff to on how to access concessionary car parking.
*Disabled patients and visitors will not need an authorisation form and should place their blue badge in the window in the designated disabled parking spaces.