Coronavirus - Community Support - Medication Delivery
Wed 25th March 2020 at 10.00 am - Fri 30th April 2021 - 4.00 pm
During the pandemic support has been provided to Cohens Pharmacy, Benjamins Pharmacy and Boots Pharmacy with the co-ordination and delivery of patient prescription to the Ross-on-Wye community
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Lockdown-3 (05JAN-midFEB21)
The Prescription Delivery Volunteer Driver Service is now available for Lockdown-3, iwher the service is available to Ross pharmacies on a “request only” basis and for the requirements for emergency patient support and patients who are shielding or isolating
Lockdown-2 (05NOV-02DEC20)
The service was available in support of all three pharmacies in Ross-on-Wye
The volunteer driver team provided the service on a needs-must call-out operational basis
Lockdown-1 (23MAR-01JUN20)
The volunteer driver team is made up of; Ross Rotary, Ross Lions International and The Ross Community Development Trust (RCDT) organisations
Some statistic :
Dispensary Statistics (25MAR20 - 30JUN20) | |||
Drivers Allocated | Locations Visited |
Ross-on-Wye town | Surrounding Community |
255 | 1985 | 1272 | 713 |
In several cases, locations visited have also received multiple prescriptions
Deliveries during the 84 days of service (over 15 weeks) exceeded 2000 prescription