New parking scheme to help NHS Clinical Community Workers deliver healthcare to residents

NHS Clinical Community Workers in Helston and the surrounding area are to benefit from a new free on-street parking scheme.

Cornwall Council is offering free on-street parking to help up to 800 NHS Clinical Community Workers spend more time delivering vital health services to their patients, instead of searching for places to park.

It is an extension of the Healthcare Permit parking scheme already put in place by the Council to help carers and will provide exemptions for parking similar to those of the Blue Badge Scheme for disabled people.

The NHS Clinical Community Workers will be issued with a time clock and will then be able to park for up to two hours, on single or double yellow lines, when they are delivering care to patients.

They will still be expected to park safely and not cause an obstruction.

Parking still isn't allowed in loading bays or at bus stops or on zig-zag lines outside of buildings like schools and hospitals.

Specific parking bays such as those reserved for disabled drivers, doctors, taxis or residents are also not included in the scheme.

Phil Confue, Cornwall Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust's chief executive, said:

"The extension of Cornwall Council's permit parking scheme, will mean clinicians working the community will be able to park more easily, allowing them to spend more time with their patients. This is a great example of how health and the Council are working together to support communities."

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