Getting here and getting around - information for new starters
Parking
Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital site is limited and no guarantee is given to any user of the site that parking can be provided. However, the Trust recognises that staff or students working outside the hours of 7am - 6.30pm (twilight, late, night shifts) will need access.
If your new role does not entitle you to park on the hospital site but includes on call duties, you will be able to access on-site parking for on-call rostered days only. Please provide details of your on-call days to the car park office who will validate parking at the staff rate for these days only.
Restrictions to on-site parking apply on weekdays, Monday to Friday. If your new role does not entitle you to park on the hospital site and you are required to work on a weekend, parking on-site at the staff concessionary rate is allowed. Please visit the car park office before you leave site and the car park team will validate your parking at the staff daily rate.
If you are resident in on-site accommodation you will also be eligible to park on site. Colleagues will need to apply for on-site parking when they leave on-site accommodation.
All staff or students who are eligible to park on the West Suffolk Hospital site are required to complete an application form. The form must be signed by their Line Manager/Education Line Manager signature to verify their shift pattern. Completed forms should be returned to carparkingenquiries@wsh.nhs.uk to be validated against the current eligibility criteria for on-site parking. If eligible, the form will be forwarded to the car park contractor to set up a car park account.
Note:
- Permission to park on site does not guarantee that there will be a space available in a staff designated car park.
- Staff are not permitted to park in a patient and visitor designated car park (except staff working a night shift who may park in the front car park after 3pm, providing they leave before 9am the following morning).
- Vehicles must be parked within a marked bay.
- Vehicles must follow the one-way traffic flow system on site.
Apply to park on-site
Please complete and return an application form to carparkingenquiries@wsh.nhs.uk. If possible, please do this before your first day of employment so that your car park account can be set up in advance.
If you are driving to work on your first day and are eligible to park on site please ensure that you park in one of the staff designated car parks at the back of the site. The main staff car parks are
Car park C – St Nicholas Way
Car park E – behind the Education Centre
Car park R – on the left-hand side of the exit road.
Pay for parking
All employees of the Trust, based at the West Suffolk Hospital and eligible to park on site must pay for parking. This can be done by:
Salary deduction - a monthly payment based on contracted hours
Pay in Advance - a monthly payment based on contracted hours and paid at a car park pay machine
Pay as you go - a concessionary staff daily rate, paid on the days a vehicle is on site only. Credit can be added to the car park account or parking charges can be paid on each occasion.
Current charges can be seen on the application form.
Staff vehicles not registered on the car park system will be charged at the full public rate.
Staff park and ride/walk
The Trust provides free off-site parking at Bury St Edmunds, Rugby Club (Southgate Green, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BL) approximately 1.4 miles from the hospital. A free of charge staff shuttle bus service runs between the Rugby Club and the hospital in the morning and the afternoons.
If you wish to park off site at the Rugby Club you should email your name, department and vehicle registration number to carparkingenquiries@wsh.nhs.uk .
Please ensure that you have your Trust ID badge available if requested by the shuttle bus driver or the facilities management team at the Rugby Club. On your first day, your letter of appointment from HR, a paper or digital copy, will suffice.
Shuttle bus timetable
Rugby Club to West Suffolk Hospital
Every 20 minutes
6.40am, 7.00am, 7.20am, 7.40am, 8.00am, 8.20am, 8.40am, 9.00am, 9.20am
West Suffolk Hospital to Rugby Club
Every 30 minutes
1.45pm, 2.15pm, 2.45pm, 3.15pm, 3.45pm, 4.15pm, 4.45pm, 5.15pm, 5.45pm, 6.15pm, 6.45pm
the Rugby Club. On your first day, your letter of appointment from HR, a paper or digital copy, will suffice.
Bicycles and motorcycles
Open shelters are provided on site for parking for two wheeled vehicles. In addition, secure cycle storage can be accessed via a WSHFT staff ID badge (there is a one-off payment required for the use of the secure cycle storage).
The Trust also participates in ‘salary sacrifice’ cycle scheme which enables staff and their families to purchase bicycles at a discounted price.
Car sharing
The Trust has provided a dedicated car park for car sharers – 24 spaces at the entrance of car park R.
To be eligible for a car share space on the West Suffolk Hospital site, all members of a car share group MUST meet the eligibility criteria for on-site parking, car sharing must result in there being at least one less car on site.
Further information is available in the Car parking and management of barrier controlled site policy - West Suffolk NHS Intranet (wsh.nhs.uk).
Cycle to work scheme
This scheme is managed by the Trust’s Finance Department. Further details are available on the staff intranet.
Further reading and information
Car parking and management of barrier controlled site policy - West Suffolk NHS Intranet (wsh.nhs.uk) can be found on the staff intranet. This covers all aspects of parking, eligibility, car sharing. Off -site parking etc.
Sustainable travel information
Useful contacts
Trust car park team
carparkingenquiries@wsh.nhs.uk
Car park contractor, CP Plus Ltd (Group Nexus)
Telephone - 07815154230 or email westsuffolknhs@groupnexus.co.uk
Secure cycle storage - carparkingenquiries@wsh.nhs.uk