Volunteering Update!
Thank you so much for expressing an interest in volunteering at our hospital. We are truly humbled by the offers of support we’ve received from local people, businesses and organisations during this COVID-19 crisis.
We’ve received over 200 hundred volunteer applications and are making our way through them as fast as possible. So for the moment, we’ve closed our volunteer application process and hope to open it up again soon.
If you need to contact us please email volunteering@geh.nhs.uk but bear with us – we’ll reply as soon as we can!
If you would like to make a donation to the hospital please email Fundraising.mailbox@geh.nhs.uk
Thank you all so much!
Please note that during the COVID-19 pandemic we can’t currently accept volunteering support from the following groups of people:
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aged 70 or older (regardless of medical conditions)
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under 70 with an underlying health condition listed below (ie anyone instructed to get a flu jab as an adult each year on medical grounds):
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chronic (long-term) respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or bronchitis
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chronic heart disease, such as heart failure
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chronic kidney disease
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chronic liver disease, such as hepatitis
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chronic neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), a learning disability or cerebral palsy
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diabetes
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problems with your spleen – for example, sickle cell disease or if you have had your spleen removed
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a weakened immune system as the result of conditions such as HIV and AIDS, or medicines such as steroid tablets or chemotherapy
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being seriously overweight (a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or above)
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those who are pregnant
