Under the new rules, Blue Badge users must now scan a bar code at a parking kiosk machine and enter a vehicle registration at the John Radcliffe Hospital. While parking is still free for disabled people, the rules have been branded "confusing" by Oxford hospital patients and visitors. READ MORE: Oxford girl injured after multiple pupils fall near schoolDisgruntled motorists have already started to receive fines of up to £100 for these unwitting parking infringements. John Radcliffe Hospital parking (Image: Antony Moore)"She was in hospital over Christmas and I had to use the Blue Badge area outside the hospital, where I had parked many times previously," he said. READ MORE: New hospital parking policy dubbed 'confusing' as £100 fines land"Believe me the new signage is hardly noticeable and the machine is nowhere in sight.

Source: The Herald January 12, 2026 05:38 UTC