grovesy

The father in law has cancer and my lass is now his official carer. He is in and out of hospital and parking is a nightmare and costly. Can she apply for a badge on his behalf. He does not own a car or drive.

stevebt

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he can apply for it and leave it in her car.

fivetide

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yes she can use it if she is doing somethng fr him. She can't just use it whenever she likes but if it is something for him, for example giving him a lift or taking him to do his shopping etc then it can be used.

grovesy

There are loads of disabled bays at the hospital which we can't use. And it costs a fortune twice a day and I always forget change. Gonna try and get one, its not like he/she don't need it.

douglasb

Agreed. The disabled badge relates to the person and not the car. My mum has a badge and my sister and I can use it if we are taking her anywhere.

Ray T

Check With Patient Relations There Is Normally A Parking Dispensation For Cancer And Related Type Treatments.

DYK

Parking charges are absolute disgusting,i remember last year having to go to the hospital visiting a family member,parking was free after 6pm.Had to go again for the first time tonight to pick someone up,now parking isn't free till 9pm,all the limited short stay car parks were full,all three car parks were rammed full.These private parking companies must be making a fortune.

CharlySkunkWeed

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Not sure about different situations , but AFIK the disabled person has to be with you when the badge is in use . In other words u cant go to the shops for him for example ,so not sure how visiting him in hospital will work . Dropping him off and picking him up shouldnt be a problem.

David Lock

You won't get a badge to help avoid parking charges per se. But you can get one if f-i-l struggles to walk on his own for say 40 -> 50 m.

Local authority will send you a form or you can often apply on-line. Photo + £10.

You do not need to own a car to apply for badge.

Good luck.

dl

wrx300scooby

Sorry to hear your bad news. Recently I lost my mum and dad and was at hospital daily. I found that if you spoke to the security/parking guys it paid dividends, I was given a pass and was able to park for free for the time my parents were in hospital. I hope all turns out OK for you all.

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

How could they ever know though? Unless a womble sees you pull up in the space alone they would never know.

CharlySkunkWeed

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Watched a program on it and there are people whos job it is to find out if people are using them illegaly , most of which were ! Town centres were patroled , dont know if they would venture into hospital carparks. They literally waited for the drivers to return and if the disabled person wasnt there they were done . (cant remember what the punishment was)

Torquemada

Yeah, nothing to stop that. My dad used my mums disabled parking pass for 2 years after she died of cancer. I did mention that it was both in extremely bad taste and probably illegal. Such a bellend.

JayM

Well thats a load of bollox then, what if you were say, taking your disabled relative to a nearby nursing home for respite care. You had the badgeholder with you when you arrived, and parked in a disabled space to be in a more convenient position for the badgeholder. This is the point of the badge.

So what are you supposed to do? Stop in a disabled bay, help the disabled person out of the vehicle, ask them to wait there whilst you go and find a non-disabled space so you don't get "done" when you return to your vehicle without the badgeholder?

I think someones got their wires crossed somewhere if they think that's how it should work..

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

But remember, the badge belongs to the person not the car, so if you come back to the car without them then you shouldn't be displaying it. It is indeed a flawed system, but not sure how it could be changed.

I guess the argument is that if you have dropped someone off, yes you should move your car afterwards, otherwise whilst you are in the carehome/wherever, a disabled person could turn up to find no spaces.

EddScott

Is there a MacMillan nurse assigned to your FIL. My wife has cancer and we have the forms for the badge but haven't completed them yet. Wifes mum has a badge so we've been using that. Fortunately, you don't have to pay to park in the hospitals we go to (West Wales) but parking is a PITA. She has radiotherapy all this week and I drop her off, try to park and by the time I've found somewhere shes been zapped and ready to leave.

Anyway, we've found our MacMillan nurse to be a huge help both in sorting out forms etc and liasing between us and the hospitals.

The badge is issued by the local council. I think you complete a form, hand it over and they do the rest - it needs a photo too. I've got the form at home but haven't really looked at it yet.

Your wife can also get her car tax paid for. You get a certificate and hand it over with the tax disc at the post office and they give you a disable vehicle license (or something like that we haven't done it yet) and you don't pay.

Haven't done anything with badges and cars as yet because my wife wants to get a motabilty car but I have a feeling she'll not be well enough, for long enough to justify getting it. Thing is she see it as future planning so what can I say?

grovesy

Cheers for the comments vety helpfull. I think she can use it when he is not in the car, example picking up meds etc etc.

WHere do i get a from ? Post office

David Lock

No you can't use it for picking up meds if he is not there.

Local authority

dl

Ray T

Edd, get the blue badge underway as soon as you can, it can take a few months, also it is one on the major "tick boxes" for the mobility application and that is what is used to pay for the motability car.

windyboy

https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge

Herself has a blue badge as she is disabled and on Motobility, as said above it belongs to Her and not a car so we can also use it on my car if she has to be in my car for whatever reason or any other car

I heard yesterday that at our "local" (10 miles away !!) hospital that the clamper's were doing the rounds in the disabled car parks and clamping any car's that didn't have a blue badge displaying

windyboy

JayM

Yes, but you're saying that in my example, the person gets out of the car, escorts their family member into the care home, perhaps settling them in their room, and then returns to their car to receive a punishment?

The point I'm making is, that you're not always going to return to the car with the badgeholder, but you may have parked with the badgeholder in the car with you.

On the other side of it, you could be parking in the same space at the end of the respite period in order to pick up the family member, and again, there would be a punishment, but nowhere does it say that disabled badges must only be used if the disabled person is both exiting and entering the vehicle in the space you park in?

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

I agree, like I say it's a flawed system, but not sure how the situation could be improved.

ScoobyDriverWannabe

I would make sure what procedure the hospital car park uses.

In the hospitals up here they have those cameras that record your reg plate as you drive in and out of the car park. You have to enter the reg on the machine when you buy a ticket.

Disabled badge users have to ring up and register the cars registration otherwise you get a ticket.

My old man had one but didn't bother re applying when it ran out. The only times he used it were when he went to hospital appointments or when we go into town to get our hair cut.

He used to drive and park in one of the disabled bays then walk down to the hairdressers. I would usually be done first so would walk up and get the car then drive down and pick him up outside. But someone had a go at me for not looking disabled enough.

Now we just use the multistory in the town center and pay.

Leslie

A disabled person can apply for a blue badge and it can be used in any car which that person is travelling in at the time.

Les

CharlySkunkWeed

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In the program someone blagged that the disabled person had went to the cinema after they were dropped off at the shops. The wardens said "ring them" they said their mobile would be off , so the wardens said " ok we'll wait till the films over"

The blagger ran out of bulls#it and owned up.

Ellie*

It's actually better to pay for parking because in the places where you don't you end up having to park 12miles away.
I took my nan for an appointment and couldn't get a disabled space so dropped her off at the door, and it was a good job I did because she wouldn't have managed the distance that I had to park.
That was north Wales, when I've been to Chester I've never had a problem parking, and always close to the entrance you need. Worth the £2.50.

Anyway, speak to the patient advisory service at the hospital. I know there are discounted parking schemes available for critically ill patients, I'm not sure about cancer treatment though.