Following many approaches from constituents and patients attending Ysbyty Gwynedd, the Member of the Welsh Parliament for Bangor, Conwy and Môn is taking action to stop the ensuing chaos on parking at this hospital.
Janet Finch-Saunders MS, has previously campaigned to try and save the park and ride at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, and has called for Cyngor Gwynedd and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to work together to increase parking provision, and for parking wardens to stop enforcing until the provision is increased.
Janet commented:
“I am deeply concerned by the number of constituents approaching me for support after receiving a parking fine for where they parked at Ysbyty Gwynedd. These fines are being issued to patients who are driving around countless times trying to find a space, while their appointment time, which, for many, comes after a long wait, is approaching. This only adds to their stress levels, leaving them feeling forced to park in inappropriate places.
She added:
“Drivers would park in designated bays if they were available, yet demand often goes beyond the supply of parking spaces. It is completely unacceptable that parking fines are being issued when it is obvious that there are not enough spaces to meet demand.
Janet continued:
“Making money from patients who are attending hospital is morally wrong, and I will be calling on Cyngor Gwynedd to waive some of the fines, depending on the individual circumstances.”
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Photo: Janet Finch-Saunders MS/AS
Ar ôl i lawer o etholwyr a chleifion sy'n mynychu Ysbyty Gwynedd gysylltu â hi, mae AS Bangor Conwy Môn yn cymryd camau i fynd i’r afael â’r anhrefn parcio yn yr ysbyty hwn.
Mae Janet Finch-Saunders AS wedi ymgyrchu o'r blaen i geisio achub y cyfleuster parcio a theithio yn Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, ac wedi galw ar Gyngor Gwynedd a Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr i weithio gyda'i gilydd i gynyddu'r ddarpariaeth parcio, ac i wardeiniaid parcio roi'r gorau i orfodi hyd nes bod y ddarpariaeth wedi’i chynyddu.
Meddai Janet:
"Rwy'n poeni’n fawr am y nifer o etholwyr sy'n cysylltu â mi am gymorth ar ôl cael dirwy parcio am ble maen nhw wedi parcio yn Ysbyty Gwynedd. Mae'r dirwyon hyn yn cael eu rhoi i gleifion sy'n gyrru rownd a rownd droeon yn ceisio dod o hyd i le er mwyn cyrraedd eu hapwyntiad ar amser – apwyntiad maen nhw wedi bod yn aros amser maith ar ei gyfer yn aml. Mae hyn ond yn ychwanegu at eu lefelau straen, gan eu gadael yn teimlo fel eu bod yn gorfod parcio mewn mannau amhriodol.
Ychwanegodd:
"Byddai gyrwyr yn parcio mewn baeau dynodedig pe baen nhw ar gael, ond mae'r galw yn aml yn mynd y tu hwnt i'r cyflenwad. Mae'n gwbl annerbyniol bod dirwyon parcio yn cael eu rhoi pan mae'n amlwg nad oes digon o leoedd i ateb y galw.
Parhaodd Janet:
"Mae gwneud arian ar draul cleifion sy'n mynychu'r ysbyty yn foesol anghywir, a byddaf yn galw ar Gyngor Gwynedd i ganslo rhai o'r dirwyon, yn dibynnu ar yr amgylchiadau unigol."
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Llun: Janet Finch-Saunders AS
