Acre Mills Outpatients

The first 30 minutes are free to allow drop-offs and pick-ups

Up to 2 hours: £3.50 

Between 2 and 4 hours: £5.50 

Between 4 and 6 hours: £7.00 

More than 6 hours: £9.00 

You can buy a weekly pass for £35. These are available from our General Offices at HRI and CRH (during office hours).

If you park with us out of hours you can put the cost of your ticket towards a weekly pass by purchasing a weekly pass the next working day.

To do this, pay for your parking as normal and keep your receipt. Bring the receipts to the General Office the next working day when we will put the amount you have paid towards the cost of the weekly pass.

Parking exemptions

We offer free parking in line with national guidance. Free parking is available to:

• Patients attending for chemotherapy who will be issued with an authorisation card
• Patients attending for renal dialysis who will be issued with an authorisation card
• In-patients who have attended clinic or A&E and are unexpectedly kept in hospital
• Staff from nursing/care homes or next of kin who have been asked to attend the ward to help with the care of their client/patient/relative whilst on the ward. Please speak to the ward for an authorisation form
• Frequent outpatient attenders: free parking will be provided to all out-patients who attend hospital for an appointment at least three times within a month and for an overall period of at least three months. A ‘month’ is defined as a period of 30 days.
• Parents of children staying overnight: this is for a parent or guardian of a child or young person, under 18 years of age, who is admitted as an inpatient at hospital overnight. They receive free parking between the hours of 7.30pm and 8am while visiting the child. This applies to a maximum of two vehicles
• Staff working night shifts: this is for members of staff with a shift starting after 7:30pm and ending before 8am. They receive free parking for the duration of their shift.
• The next of kin - only one - for patients in critical care areas such as ICU/HDU, CCU, NICU or Paediatric High Dependency will receive an authorisation form.
• For end-of-life patients on any area; the next of kin should be issued with an authorisation form allowing them free parking for a maximum of four days then the situation should be re-addressed by the senior nurse.
• Visiting consultants from other Trusts who are on Trust business.

People who are disabled who hold a valid Blue Badge attending hospital as a patient or visitor, or for a disabled person employed by the hospital trust. Disabled patients and visitors receive free parking for the duration of their attendance at, or visit to, the hospital. Disabled employees receive free parking while at the hospital for purposes relating to their employment.

If you are exempt from paying for your parking or have a blue badge, you should go to the front desk in the main entrance, or to a colleague on the Greenlea Ward. Our staff will validate your stay for you. Please take your blue badge with you. 

Blue Badge bays at Huddersfield and Acre Mills Outpatients

Site car parks	Number of Blue Badge bays at each site car park
Main car park	33 spaces
North Drive	5 spaces
South Drive	8 spaces
A&E car park	6 spaces
Acre Mills Outpatient car park (opposite HRI)	10 spaces

If you're referred to hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests by a doctor, dentist or another primary care health professional, you may be able to claim a refund of reasonable travel costs under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS).

If you or your partner are in receipt of any of the following benefits - you may be able to claim for travel costs for your Outpatient Appointment.:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Working Tax Credit (WTC) with Child Tax Credit (CTC)
• WTC with a disability element or a severe disability element
• CTC but you're not eligible for WTC
• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
• Universal Credit and meet the criteria

If this applies to you, please ask a member of staff for a leaflet when you come for your appointment which explains how to claim. Our General Office can also advise and action reimbursements (following completion of the form).

The Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS) webpage explains more about who can claim for travel costs.

For any enquiries, please contact our General Office on the details shown below.

General Office Huddersfield Royal Infirmary - 01484 342740

The opening times are Monday - Friday 8:30am – 4:45pm