EING severely disabled it was imperative I was able to park close to the cancer centre at the Churchill Hospital.

A small adjacent car park seemed an excellent option as it had disabled bays rather than me having to endure a long painful walk from the main car park several hundred metres away. Pulling up at the barrier to obtain my ticket, nothing happened until an automated voice informed me the car park full. By that time a queue had formed behind me – we all wanted to park there.

After painfully getting out of my vehicle to tell the other drivers there was no room, they eventually all reversed and dispersed. I headed to the main car park where an illuminated sign on the approach displayed how many spaces were available.

Why can’t the powers that be use common sense and provide a similar information display on the sliproad entrance to the other car park used by the disabled and cancer patients?

Adrian Taylor, Thames Court, Eynsham