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Helping NHS staff get the essentials they need
19/05/2020
NHSX have been working with retailers to introduce and scale-up initiatives aimed at health and social care staff so they have access to essential supplies, such as food and medicines.
The offers include Morrisons who are providing free-delivery on its foodbox service for NHS staff - these grocery boxes contain a selection of everyday food and essential household items and each box contains enough to feed two adults for a week, and Iceland who have introduced priority access to dedicated shopping slots and deliveries for social care and NHS staff. More information on staff offers is available on the NHS England and NHS Improvement web page.
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Supporting carers during the COVID-19 pandemic
04/06/2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies have had to make necessary changes to their usual ways of working in order to ensure local communities can continue to access their medicines. The Carers Trust has reported that some carers have had difficulty coping with some of these changes – including...
Staying at Home and Shielding
01/06/2020
People classed as clinically extremely vulnerable are advised to take additional action to prevent themselves from coming into contact with the virus. If you’re clinically extremely vulnerable, you’re strongly advised to stay at home as much as possible and keep visits outside to a minimum (for...
