Coronavirus (COVID-19) and how you can help
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Donations
We have been overwhelmed with extremely generous and kind offers of goods and services as well as monetary donations. If you would like to make a donation, and in order to ensure monetary donations are put to best use, and donations of goods and services are quality assured and distributed where needed most, please see the following guidance –
For monetary donations
Please visit https://www.justgiving.com/nhs-lanarkshire and quote that your donation is for COVID-19. Donations made here will go towards staff and patient welfare during this challenging time.
For Donations of PPE and other supplies
The groundswell of public support for the NHS and staff working across our health and social care system responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has been phenomenal. There’s no doubt that communities, voluntary groups, businesses and individuals want to do their bit to try to help. Many businesses are looking at how they can use their existing expertise to produce supplies of things they are hearing are much-needed in the system – including Personal Protective Equipment, scrubs etc. Community groups and others have been hugely innovative in looking at how they can use their skills to help this effort too.
Clearly, any supplies accepted into use across the health and social care system, and for wider key workers, must meet certain quality and safety standards. And with so many offers coming forward, it’s important to prioritise those offers first that will contribute to existing stocks the most.
To do this, the Scottish Government has set up a team to respond to these offers. A single point of contact has been created and any business, community or voluntary organisation now wishing to make donations of PPE, scrubs, uniforms and other supplies should be directed to email Covid-19NHSsupplychain@gov.scot.
Guidance is also available to those offering support in this way at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-coordinating-offers-of-help-from-businesses/