Parking passes and permits

Due to car parking pressures for parking on all of our sites, there are waiting lists for staff car parking permits and eligibility criteria applies.

Eligibility criteria

Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospital eligibility criteria is available on the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust intranet. Please note the link is only accessible via a Trust PC or VPN.

• Staff parking policy

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham staff who work core hours (08:00 – 18:00) and live within a 30 minute public transport journey are not eligible for a car parking permit.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medical Campus has a capped number of car parking permits (which includes parking spaces for Birmingham Women’s Hospital and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust facilities) and once this is reached a waiting list is introduced on a first come first served basis.

If eligible, staff will receive a car parking permit that will allow them access to staff car parks.

Site based car parking details

• Good Hope Hospital has 719 staff parking spaces. Offsite car parking capacity will be available soon, with a free shuttle bus to transfer colleagues onto the hospital site. As soon as this becomes available, we will work to ensure the fairest possible access
• Heartlands Hospital has 981 staff car parking spaces. Offsite provision is available on Yardley Green road with 784 staff car parking spaces. A shuttle bus is available during the winter months between November and February – this has been extended
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham has 1,746 staff car parking spaces. A number car parking spaces are available at Longbridge Railway Station car park. This follows analysis of postcodes, where we know more staff approach the hospital site from the South. A free shuttle bus will provide frequent transfers between Longbridge and QEHB. As soon as this becomes available, we will work to ensure the fairest possible access
• Solihull Hospital has 731 staff parking spaces with 50 spaces now available at both Lode Lane and Mell Square Car Park to help bolster capacity

Staff car parking tariff

Government funding for free staff car parking came to an end on Thursday 31 March 2022 and from the start of May 2022, the Trust introduced a tariff of 1% of salary, capped at a salary of £70,000 – regardless of the site at which permit holders are based.

The tariff will range from £15 per month (75p per day for Band 1 and 2 colleagues), up to a maximum of £58 per month (£2.90 a day). The charge is automatically deducted from salaries.

Under the old charging arrangements, tariffs were different for each site, however to ensure fairness for all staff this has now been standardised as above. For part time staff, the tariff is proportional.

Apply for a parking permit

Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospital staff can apply for a staff car parking permit via the online application system:

• Employee Parking Permit Application System

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham staff can apply for a staff car parking permit by emailing Q-Park.

• QemcPermits@q-park.co.uk