Drivers working in the NHS have been slapped with a double whammy of skyrocketing living costs, grappling eye-watering parking tickets and fuel costs to visit vulnerable patients.
NHS workers required to drive for home care or social care visits could be forced to pay £150 more for diesel and £100 more for petrol than in 2014, Labour analysis finds.
Healthcare workers who use their own vehicles to work, like providing care in a patient’s home, are able to claim mileage expenses back.