Family Early Help
Medicines Delivery During COVID
This is a diagram showing how residents can get access to their prescriptions and medications during COVID.
Remember you can use the local volunteer networks and the NHS Goodsam Volunteers to ask for help collecting prescriptions if needed.
NHS Volunteers who can collect prescriptions
The NHS volunteers who signed up during the national COVID volunteer campaign can help with collecting prescriptions. They can also help with shopping, social support and other tasks.
We can request help for someone using this link:
When we submit a request for help, the Goodsam app identifies an NHS community responder volunteer in the local area and alerts them.
Families who are shielding are prioritised but we have been told by NHS England that because there are so many volunteers, the scheme can be used for any family who is self-isolating.
This is very new and we are still testing how it works, and how it fits with local volunteering offers.
More information on the NHS Volunteers here https://bit.ly/3e5vOPj