Increase in mileage allowance
Published: 10 July 2008
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has led negotiations with NHS employers over the past year and has won a 10 per cent increase in all Agenda for Change Standard and Regular Mileage Allowances for nurses across the United Kingdom. See our news pages for more information.
We have successfully negotiated an agreement which will now allow nurses to be reimbursed for their travel costs. This means that the top Regular User rate will now be 44p, a 4p increase, and the top Standard User rate will be 58.3p, an increase of 5.3p. The passenger allowance will also increase from 2p to 5p, the Cycle Rate from 6.5p to 10p, and Public Transport rates from 23p to 24p.
However, we are asking members in the South East, if you believe that you are out of pocket from using your car for NHS work, to please let us know – with fully evidenced examples. By out of pocket we mean that the reimbursement you get from the NHS is less than the cost of running your car for NHS work.
Please send these examples to Gerry O’Dwyer email gerry.o’dwyer@rcn.org.uk