Coronavirus - Community Support - Medication Delivery
Wed, Mar 25th 2020 at 10:00 am- Tue, Aug 31st 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 (05JAN21- )
On the 31st of March patients shielding was lifted ( https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus ) and the Prescription Delivery Volunteer Driver Service realigned to provide Ross pharmacies with “on request only” emergency support
Statistics for lockdown-3 as at the end of March
| Dispensary Summary Totals (03JAN21-31MAR21) | |||
| Drivers Allocated | Locations Visited | Ross on Wye | Surrounding Community |
| 61 | 215 | 118 | 97 |
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
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