domiciliary

Owning a car is essential for NHS domiciliary care worker Niall, from Londonderry, but he is unhappy that he is paying more for insurance now than he was 20 years ago.

He had requested a budget of £1bn and warned that the shortfall would negatively affect hospital waiting lists, pay settlements, GP services and domiciliary care packages.

Mr Swann has warned that hospital waiting lists, pay settlements, GP services and domiciliary care packages will all be affected by the budget announcement.

Introducing prescription fees, charging for domiciliary care and scrapping plans for free hospital parking for patients, staff and visitors were proposed by health officials.

Health officials have proposed introducing prescription fees, charging for domiciliary care, changes to dental charge exemptions and increasing the cost of community meals.