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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Aletha Adu

NHS drivers hit by cost of living double whammy of fuel and parking costs

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.

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