WH Smith under fire for hospital prices

[annie]

What a rip-off!!!

WH Smith has been accused of exploiting customers at a hospital store after a BBC investigation found it was charging significantly lower prices on the high street.

The retailer was found to be charging £1.89 for a 750ml bottle of water at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield was available for £1 in Leeds city centre.

Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff said the approach was "fundamentally wrong".

WH Smith said longer opening hours and higher costs were behind the pricing.

But Labour MP Ms Sherriff, who worked in the NHS before becoming an MP and sits on the Health Select Committee, said patients and visitors were "effectively being exploited".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... sh_regions

[maureenho]

The one on our local hospital seem to charge the earth.

[Rosalind]

That is terrible.