Royal Leamington Spa Cycling Club riding to the rescue

Volunteers from the Royal Leamington Spa Cycling Club have been delivering prescriptions to self-isolating patients in Warwick and the surrounding villages.

By The Newsroom

Published 30th Mar 2020, 16:49 BST

Updated 30th Mar 2020, 16:58 BST

Ray Holder with the first set of 14 prescriptions to be delivered

Member Sam Harding first proposed the idea, with club chair Ray Holder organising and coordinating the volunteer effort.

Member Pete Davies’ wife Sarah, who runs the Budbrooke Medical Centre, carried out the necessary liaison with the various doctors’ surgeries.

So far, the volunteers have ridden over 200 miles between them while doing the deliveries.

The temporary initiative was launched while waiting for the huge NHS volunteer call-up to be up and running.

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