but when she went out to fill up her tank yesterday, she paid £95. i'm really worried that if nothing's done about this, it will increase. in the nearfuture, two months or so, we will have some nurses leaving the profession because they cannot afford to fill up the tank. nhs staff can claim mileage at 56p per mile for the first 3,500 miles, and 20p for each additional mile. but health care professionals say it's just not enough. we've mentioned before the pressure growing on the chancellor to provide support for drivers in his spring statement tomorrow. currently, fuel duty is almost 58p a litre for petrol and diesel and drivers also pay standard vat of 20% on top of that. in all, that makes up more than half of what you pay at the pump. the road haulage association is calling for a cut in fuel duty and a 15 pence per litre rebate for haulage firms