New staff car park for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of the North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust has officially opened its new staff car park at Hilton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The new car park at the former Grindley Hill Court, Royal Stoke University Hospital replaces the existing staff parking spaces provided at the Royal Infirmary and Central Outpatients Department sites.

The Trust chose to develop car parking on the Grindley Hill Court site because it was considered the best local option for future expansion of hospital services given its location next to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

This leaves the way for the former Royal Infirmary to be developed for much-needed local housing and community services.

Tracy Bullock, UHNM Chief Executive officially opened the 1,680 space multi-storey car park in a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by representatives from UHNM, contractors IHP and local residents.

Lorraine Whitehead, Director of Estates, Facilities and PFI at the Trust, said: “We are thrilled to be able to open our new car park which improves NHS facilities for staff, enables better car parking for our patients and allows for the redevelopment of the Royal Infirmary site.”

The car park, on Hilton Road, will be available for staff to park from Tuesday 7 May 2024.