Our Emergency Department is currently extremely busy
Our Emergency Department is extremely busy. Please only attend if your child is seriously unwell. If not, our NHS can help your family through other avenues.
Remember your local Pharmacy offers an easy and convenient way of getting advice on minor health conditions. They can offer treatment and prescription medications (if appropriate) for conditions such as earache, sore throat and sinusitis. You don't need an appointment and private consultation rooms are available.
Find your nearest Pharmacy using this link and find out more about the support they can offer online.
If you feel you need to, rather than attending our Emergency Department, contact your GP Practice or NHS 111 for advice.
We are seeing a high number of patients with flu currently. The Healthier Together website has some really useful information and advice for families about symptoms and where best to turn for support.
If you do need to attend our Emergency Department with your child, please do wear a face mask to protect yourself, other families and our teams caring for patients. A maximum of two people (two adults or one adult/one child) should accompany.
Parking
Visitors to our hospitals are strongly encouraged to use public transport, but we understand that this might not always be possible. There is limited parking available at each of our sites, should you need it.
Children's Hospital Parking
If you're visiting our hospital, please be aware that there is no on-site parking, so you will need to make use of nearby public car parks. B4 operate two car parks close to site, a small surface car park on Printing House Street and a large multi-storey accessed from Weaman Street. NCP also operate a multi-storey car park (Royal Angus) that is located on Whittall Street. The following discounted rates are available for hospital visitors:
Time |
B4 BCH Visitors (from 11 Jan 2025) |
NCP (Royal Angus) |
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Up to 1 hour |
£3.50 |
£2.20 |
Up to 2 hours |
£6.50 |
£4.40 |
Up to 3 hours |
£9.00 |
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Up to 4 hours |
£11.00 |
£5.50 |
Up to 6 hours |
£16.00 |
£6.60 |
Up to 8 hours |
£18.00 |
£8.80 |
Up to 12 hours |
£19.00 |
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Up to 24 hours |
£21.00 |
£11.00 |
To take advantage of these rates you will need to visit our Welcome Desk at the main entrance either as you come in or as you leave to:
B4 |
Visitors receive an exclusive discount at B4 Car Park with rates provided above. Simply validate your parking at the main reception before leaving the hospital and pay the discounted rate at the ground floor pay machines in the B4 Car Park before exiting. Please note: If the discount hasn't been applied, kindly return to reception to validate the correct registration. Payment must be made before exiting the car park to avoid enforcement measures."
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NCP |
Validate the ticket issued at the Royal Angus entrance barrier which you will then need to pay at the machine within the car park |
Blue badge holders must pay to park in any of these car parks, however, they can park for free if they use the disabled spaces allocated on the roads around our hospital site. A current blue badge must be displayed.
Long-term parent parking (Steelhouse Lane site only)
If a child or young person has been an inpatient for more than 30 days then the parent or guardian can apply to get a long-term free parent parking pass for the NCP High Street car park. Please ask the nurse in charge of your child's care to complete the long-term parent parking request form. Your name will then be added to the waiting list. When a space becomes available, our team will contact the ward your child is on who will then advise you that a space is available. Once allocated, the parking tickets are issued from the Welcome Desk daily.
Parkview Clinic parking
There is free parking available on site at Parkview, including a main car park at the front of the clinic and an overflow car park to the rear. Please note these spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. On-street parking is also available on Queensbridge Road, should there be no available spaces on site.