Staff and visitors at Ninewells hospital are facing an increase in the amount they have to pay to use the car park.
A price increase of 10p per visit has been levied on visitors, meaning those staying in the short-stay car parks have to fork-out £2.20.
The 5% fare increase has come as part of operator Indigo’s annual review of charges calculations, and will come in to effect on November 1.
Staff season passes and long-stay parking permits have also been subject to a price increase.
An annual staff permit now costs £416.40, up from £408.36.
The only prices which have not increased are motorcycle charges, which remain static at 50p a visit.
West End councillor Fraser Macpherson accused Indigo of turning the car park in to a “cash cow”, at the expense of patients and staff.
He said: “We have seen increase after increase over the years. This is simply a cash cow for Indigo and it is at the expense of people attending hospital, visiting friends and family who are patients, and the staff who work at Ninewells.
“A direct consequence of raised fees is an over-spill of parking to the surrounding area, which is really unhelpful.
“I reiterate my call for the Scottish Government to step in.
“In 2007, the SNP promised to abolish all car parking charges at Scottish hospitals but it reneged on that promise so far as Ninewells Hospital’s car parks were concerned.
“If the Scottish Government’s policy is for free parking for patients, visitors and hospital staff at hospitals across Scotland, it should apply to Ninewells as well.”
Ninewells Hospital is one of only three car parks in Scotland which still charge for parking.
The Indigo car park at Ninewells is run under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI), which will not expire until 2028.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh are also run under similar PFI contract schemes.
A spokesperson for Indigo said: “We can confirm parking prices at Ninewells will increase from £2.10 per day to “2.20 per day on November 1. This planned increase is stipulated in our contract with the NHS Tayside board and is based on retail price index increases.”
An NHS Tayside spokesperson said: “Car parking at Ninewells Hospital is run by Indigo under a 30-year PFI contract, which concludes in 2028.
“Car parking charges at Ninewells are reviewed by Indigo as part of the contract and the new charges are a result of this.”
Last month, Indigo came under fire from their own employees after it was revealed a night porter service was to be removed.
Employees fear removing the night time service will compromise the safety of patients and staff leaving hospital grounds late at night.
It could also leave vast swathes of the car park area susceptible to over-night icing, as gritting duties would not be completed.
Due to a shortage of spaces at the facility, staff were recently having to wait up to two months for access to parking passes.
A petition calling for free hospital parking for all NHS staff has been signed by more than 130,000 people.
