Royal Voluntary Service - NHS Volunteer Responders - If You Need Assistance

Help is available from NHS Volunteer Responders during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Find out if you’re eligible and how to get in touch.

You’re eligible to receive supporting services for support from NHS Volunteer Responders if:

* You have ever been advised to shield by a health professional.

* You are vulnerable for another reason, (for instance, due to disability, pregnancy, aged over 70, you have a long-term condition such as Parkinson's or epilepsy, or are vulnerable due to a mental health condition).

* You have caring responsibilities.

* You are self-isolating because you have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) or have symptoms, or you’ve been in contact with someone who has.

* You have been instructed to self-isolate by the Test and Trace service, because you’ve been near someone infected.

* You are self-isolating ahead of planned hospital care.

* You have been instructed to self-isolate following entry into the country.

The programme’s support services are also open to frontline health and care staff.