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Maybe it's worth giving them this feedback: https://www.marksandspencer.com/MSContactUsCmd?storeId=10151&langId=-24&catalogId=10051&categoryId=282501&byEmail=7 I suppose it can be difficult to meet people's specific needs. For example, I am highly intolerant to soya-based proteins which are...

I don't think they're intended to be a complete week's worth of food, just a selection of the food items they have in store. I like the way they are offering fruit and veg as separate boxes, as many of the companies that supply these via weekly subscriptions are limiting their services to...

Article covering the various companies offering food boxes for delivery: https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/food-subscription-boxes-available-online-hello-fresh-mindful-chef-coronavirus-a9413896.html

Marks and Spencers are also offering food boxes for delivery, which may be a way to get fresh fruit or other specific goods: https://www.marksandspencer.com/l/gifts/food-boxes?scroll=2

I haven't used this, but posting the link in case it is of use to others: https://www.kbk.co.uk/product/kbk-essentials-box/

It's interesting you say that about the fats with sugar. I find a piece of my homemade shortbread or a few pieces of my homemade fudge with a cup of tea work really well to give me a cognitive and physical energy boost. Both have relatively high butter (or butter and milk fat) to carbohydrate...

Also, there are 3 levels of DSB checks, basic, standard and enhanced. They haven't specified which they are p planning to do for their 'community plus' volunteers. https://dbscheckonline.org.uk/ It's such a simple thing to do, there is no reason this can't be done for all community volunteers...

I note that the referral guide now has the following added to it (which has only been done in the last few days): They say that a 'small cohort of patients' may require a DBS checked volunteer, but I would say that the majority, if not all, would require this!

The 'community volunteers' are only identity checked, not criminal background checked. See: https://www.goodsamapp.org/assets/pdf/Guide_for_Referrers.pdf https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHSreferral As you can see if you check the 'referrer' box, vulnerable people can be referred to the NHS...

I love Dove's Farm organic flour. I just checked their website and they are offering a box of different flour types to buy direct from their website. However, it says they are only available for a limited time each weekday, so I guess it will be luck if you can get one...

I'd only reserve one a week, so not hogging! Asda was offering priority customers to reserve the same slot each week upfront on a long term basis. But Asda are my least favourite supermarket.

With Tesco, it is worth booking a slot when you see them available, then cancel or change it if not wanted nearer the time. They don't actually take the money until the night before the delivery is due, although they do check your card is valid each time you book or amend an order. There are...

This article discusses the under-reporting/recording of coronavirus deaths in care homes and the community: https://www.ft.com/content/9d6b46e2-55f4-4de1-ba21-f1ab9f14bcbf (requires you to answer a survey question to access it)

The egg shortage is bizarre because even if there is more demand from families, there should now be less demand from the restaurant and catering sector to balance this. I read that there is plenty of flour available as usually supermarkets only account for 2% of UK demand, the problem is the...

Email them and give a time limit for them to refund you fully, stating that if the problem isn't resolved promptly you will have no choice but to report the problem to the Food Standards Agency (include the link to let them know you are serious)...

This is the guidance given to GPs regarding the NHS volunteer group. I notice that GPs are allowed to give the helpline number to patients in the 'shielded group' only, so they can self-refer for help if the want to...

There is a big difference in being 'disabled and unable to work' and 'disabled and able to work' (even if only part-time) because the government has set benefits and social care contributions to 'incentivise work'. This has left many of the most sick and chronically ill disabled claimants in...

Yes, this is why I have to use my PIP to fund my food, supplements, expensive shampoo/soap/cleaning products for my sensitivities, additional heating needs and basic household costs (and my mobility allowance for running my own car) rather than use it for 'care' or paying a cleaner etc. I can't...

This morning I finally got a 'shielding' letter in my own name, NHS number, and address. Bizarrely, on Tuesday I got a call from the NHS asking for my daughter, and saying she should register on the website as this was 'really important'. The caller started to speak into my answer machine so I...

When I was a single parent with 2 children and moderate-severe M.E., I lived on about £160 a week after rent. This was the amount of income support at the time and included my child benefit. Their father paid no child support. It was not enough to live on - both my daughter's got part time jobs...