Staff can spend up to £40 a week on parking, Unite says, with charges set to be scrapped next year.
Car parking at most of Northern Ireland's hospitals has become too costly for low-paid staff, a trade union has warned.Patients and visitors have also said they are often late for appointments and have time with loved ones cut short because of parking problems.Only two hospitals, Antrim Area and the South West Acute, plan to build additional car parks.
Over two days at the start of November, BBC News NI filmed across the five trusts, where despite it being schools' midterm break with reduced traffic, there were still queues and demand for spaces. A technician who works at the RVH told BBC News NI he has been on the waiting list for a staff parking permit for six years.
Independent assembly member Alex Easton said the expansion of services at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald had increased car parking pressure on the site. One woman who was visiting her 93-year-old father told BBC News NI that finding a space at the hospital is "very difficult" and that her visit is often cut short because of time spent circling for a parking space.
"Costs incurred in ending parking charges will mean there will be less money to spend on other health and social care services," it continued.
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