title: Challenging times ahead.
abstract: The global economic challenges will not only affect the banks but also healthcare staff and their patients. Indeed, no-one will be unaffected. At this moment community nurses are not being properly reimbursed for the cost of using their cars to deliver care in the home as the price of petrol rises ever higher and older people are counting the cost of ever rising energy and food costs. Additionally there will be less extra money available to fund public services as the government attempts to balance its expenditure against tax receipts without further increasing government debt.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: While
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans