A VOLUNTEER-run prescription delivery service is helping to keep Haslemere healthy, by delivering vital medication to more than 100 homes a week.

The service was instigated by online support group Haslemere Help, after queues at the town’s health centre meant wait times of more than an hour.

Town and county councillor Nikki Barton collaborated with Haslemere Town Council and Haslemere Help volunteers to create the system.

Available for everyone, not just the vulnerable or self-isolating, town residents can contact the Haslemere Help hotline – manned by Haslemere’s mayor John Robini – asking for a delivery, and their request is passed on to the pharmacists at the health centre.

On the next weekday, a DBS-qualified driver collects the medication, and delivers it to residents’ doors, while respecting social-distancing rules.

This process helps keep queues down at the Haslemere Health Centre, and keeps them flexible to deal with ad-hoc and urgent requests.

Haslemere residents, friends or family are encouraged to phone 07873 383954 or send an email to [email protected] if they need help in these tricky times.

Please note prescriptions are taking around seven days to be ready for collection. Haslemere Help can collect from all other pharmacies in the area.