A WELLINGTON woman claims she paid £102 for car parking to visit her critically ill mother at Musgrove Park Hospital.

Ann Carpenter had to borrow her father Brian's car and make two visits a day to help her mother, Peggy Carpenter through her hospital ordeal after Peggy, 60, collapsed at home with emphysema on March 17.

Now, Mark Formosa, the aspiring Conservative MP for Taunton Deane, is calling for an end to "car park profiteering" at the hospital.

A hospital spokesman said reduced tariff tickets were available to patients for compassionate reasons.

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