Hospital Patient Transport

With almost non existent Hospital Patient Transport, many elderly and vulnerable people rely on volunteer drivers with local charities and organizations to take them to hospital appointments.

Newspapers and television reports volunteer drivers across the country are quitting, putting a vital service to OAP’s and disabled under serious threat.

At the moment, charities and organisations are limited by Inland Revenue tax laws in the maximum amount they are permitted to reimburse volunteers

Some volunteers are declining to continue, due to these increased personal costs.

Would you like to sign a petition that has been lodged on behalf of volunteer drivers UK wide to request a change in the Inland Revenue rules increasing the maximum volunteer driver’s mileage rate from 40p to 50p per mile? 

A sum that is intended to cover fuel, insurance, road tax, maintenance and depreciation.

A link to this petition is here