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National discounts for Trust colleagues

November 13, 2020

There are discounts and priority shopping times available to NHS colleagues to ensure they can access essential items and to say thank you for their hard work during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s important that NHS and social care workers display their NHS ID when visiting stores to gain access and/or discount.

Note: We will continue to update and add to the list but please note that offers will be subject to change.

NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched an NHS staff offers list which details offers from a wide range of companies.

Supermarkets offers:

Many of the major supermarkets have reserved time for NHS workers to do their shopping outside of busy periods.

  • Sainsbury’s – Monday – Saturday, 7.30am – 8am
  • Tesco – If there’s a queue, NHS colleague can go to the front with a valid ID.
  • Co-operative – Monday – Saturday, 8am – 9am and Sunday, 10am – 11am.
  • Marks and Spencer – Tuesday and Friday – the first hour of opening.
  • Morrisons – 6am – 7am, Monday – Saturday, and 9am – 10am on Sundays.
  • Aldi – open 30 minutes early on Sundays for NHS, police and fire service.
  • Booths – Monday – Saturday, 7am – 8am (excluding Media City).

Restaurants and takeaways offering discounts: 

  • YO! Sushi – 25 per cent off all food with a Blue Light Card. Get a code from the Blue Light card website or app.
  • WHSmith – 20 per cent off all food and drinks in hospital stores.
  • LEON – 30 per cent off takeaway food.
  • Las Iguanas – 50 per cent off at locations that remain open for takeaway.
  • Mindful Chef – 30 per cent discount on recipe boxes and ready meals. Email hello@mindfulchef.com from your NHS email account to get a code.

High street shops:

  • Superdrug – 10 per cent discount in store when using a Superdrug health and beauty card and a valid NHS ID card.
  • SoleCup – 25 per cent off in its online shop that sells long-life premium reusable cups and other related products.

Cars and bikes

  • Halfords is offering 7.5 per cent discount. Staff need to show their ID card at any Halfords or Halfords Autocentres.
  • Green Flag is offering NHS staff an additional 10 per cent discount on top of their regular online discount, for any new breakdown policy.

Health and wellbeing

  • Fiit Premium is offering three months free premium membership to all NHS colleagues. To redeem this offer go to tv/nhs and fill out the short form.

For more information regarding all the staff benefits across the Trust please contact amir.ali1@nhs.net or call ext. 6148.