A nurse has revealed she was charged £80 for parking, on top of parking fees already docked from her wages, because she stayed after her shift as her patient went into cardiac arrest.

Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan described her tale as "extraordinary" and "outrageous" as the extent of parking fines which hit nurses across the UK is revealed.

Sally Plummer told Good Morning Britain: "We would have a certain amount of money taken out of our wages which wasn't a problem, we didn't mind alongside other hospital staff paying for parking.

"But you're not guaranteed a parking space so therefore have to park in public parking spaces.