Wash your uniform at home ?

samjocky

yipee

I have just done this - being in the Royal Navy.

The tax man has just adjusted my tax code and I was better off in this month's pay packet by a nice healthy amount!

Thank you very much for all who posted tips on this :j

regularsaver1

hmm i work for a bank - unifrom supplied, am washing it at home

only thing is - you can order from HR somehow some vouchers for dry cleaning

could i still claim?

Lavender13

"re washing nurses uniform at home, tax allowance"

The reasoning is that the uniform should be washed on a higher temperature without domestic laundry, due to infection control. Few nhs hospitals provide this service for their staff anymore.Hope this helps

ctm_2

Wirenth wrote:

Does anyone know if nurses can claim for support tights? Mum's uniform is washed at work, so can't claim for that. However, one of the nurses claims that she claims for her tights ?!

Thanks in advance,
Wirenth

Yes, she can claim expenses for 'shoes and tights', and will get relief on £18 per year (which if she is a basic rate taxpayer will be the equivalent of £3.96)

Jays

Hi Hawksmuir

"I would have thought all nurses uniforms etc had to be laundered n site to stop the spread of infections"

I wish we had the choice. When I started nursing in the 80's, we had enough uniforms for a week of shifts (7) and the hospital laundered them. I have returned to nursing after a 15 year break to have a family, and now have only two uniforms (the hospital think bank part-time work is only two shifts a week, but I can work five short shifts on the trot) and NO LAUNDRY FACILITIES!!!! ==== infection risk.

This is a real sore subject, we have to wash our uniforms separately from our domestic washing at 65 degrees or above to reduce infection risks, dry and iron the uniforms; then transport them to the hospital in such a way as to not contaminate before the next shift.

I think this is a real risk as some people may be tempted to cut corners, who wants to run an almost empty washing machine at 65 degrees every night, especially if on a water meter. Think of the environmental and financial implications of water, energy and washing agents from each and every nurse!

Some nurses travel home in their uniforms (which we didn't do when they were laundered in the hospital), which is another infection risk, and then wear their 'clean' uniform to work for their next shift - thereby contaminating it with the inside of the coat they worn over their dirty uniform the day before !!!!

Sorry, about the rant, you pressed the right button!

Now, how does all this fit into MRSA, and other bugs hospitals are trying to get a control over...I wonder.... It really isn't rocket science, is it?

JayS

shazzer22

regularsaver1 wrote:

hmm i work for a bank - unifrom supplied, am washing it at home

only thing is - you can order from HR somehow some vouchers for dry cleaning

could i still claim?

I believe there is some form of arrangment at my work place for this too but my issued uniform is not 'dry cleanable' supervisors suits etc get dry cleaned i think.

i might type out a letter and see what happens!

Snapelover

My husband started working as a staff nurse three weeks ago and he has contacted his local tax office regarding this issue. We have found out that we are eligible to claim working and child tax credits.

My question is:
Will he lose out on the amount of tax credits he will receive if he chooses to claim for washing his uniform at home or will he be better off having his laundry washed at the hospital where he works?

max2002ad

Claiming this allowance has no effect on your tax credit's as tax credits are worked out on your salary before tax.

Snapelover

max2002ad wrote:

Claiming this allowance has no effect on your tax credit's as tax credits are worked out on your salary before tax.

That's good news then! Thanks for that.

Snapelover

divadee wrote:

Have a look here for details on nurses uniforms. Hope that helps.

After reading the link I noticed that students are also allowed to claim.

Mhilst my husband was a student he received an NHS Bursary and I was in receipt of disability benefits.

If he was to put in a backdated claim for the three years he was a student would he actually get any money? Neither of us paid tax during his student years.

Would that have any effect on what we did receive/should have recieved in child tax credits?