Data from just 17 NHS trusts show that more than 25,000 fines have been given to NHS workers during 2024, according to data obtained by Channel 4 News FactCheck.

Leading nurses said that staff are “regularly being fined for being at work”.

Many organisations were not able to provide information because third-party providers deal with their parking fines.

Others said they did not differentiate between staff and patient or visitor fines.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called on the Government to ensure staff have “safe and cost-effective parking or travel means”.

Patricia Marquis, executive director of RCN England, told Channel 4: “It’s really shocking to see it laid out like that, to see the scale of it across only 17 trusts – and imagine what that looks like when you multiply that

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