Fuel increases forcing carers to quit
By Alex Love
CARERS in the Cotswolds feel they may have to quit their jobs over rocketing fuel prices.
Many fear the move could mean their older patients are forced to move into nursing homes.
Annie Cox, community carer for a private company, said a car was vital for the job and while she receives a fuel allowance it no longer covers the spiralling prices.
Mrs Cox, 52, told the Standard: "Fuel goes up on an alarmingly regular basis, I'm finding it hard to keep up. We need to keep our cars on the road in order to do our jobs."
The increase coincides with oil companies announcing record profits.
Mrs Cox, who has clients between Lechlade and Meysey Hampton, said many colleagues had already quit to take up jobs in nursing homes.
"It will be the elderly, the sick and the most vulnerable who will suffer most," she added.
"Why should they be made to suffer because of the greed of the fat cats who appear to hold this country to ransom?"
The effects of the increasing costs also worried Christina Snell, chief executive officer for Age Concern Gloucestershire: "We would be concerned if the rising fuel costs resulted in the quality or availability of care being reduced," she said.
Abridged
SOURCE: WiltsGlosStandard
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