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Dr Bharat Pankhania was the chap I'd been listening to on Talk Radio. They only seemed to have him on in the early hours of the morning though, not the prime time programmes!

I haven't used Sainsbury's home delivery yet - does anyone know if you are able to amend an order once you've done the initial checkout, and if so, how far in advance before delivery is this allowed? Thanks.

My sister does this, and also cooks and freezes her dog's food this way. But I live on my own, so it's definitely not worth it. I used to use the plastic microwaveable containers for my and the cat's food (I make slow cooked chicken/liver/turkey for them) but I had to use so much washing up...

These are the sort of containers I use for freezing my homemade meals, because they can go straight in the oven/microwave (minus the lids of course):

Yes, it's a mash pie, but with all the ingredients mixed together in the mash (not layered). You can make it just frying the onions/leeks in butter (do this on a low temperature). If using milk (only needed if you are cooking leeks with the onion) just use a splash or it makes the pie too 'wet'...

You can go into your Tesco shopping basket the day/night before delivery is due and add or delete items. This gives a good idea of what is in stock and what items you may need to change. You can also decide which individual items you are happy to have substituted and give specific instructions...

One of my staple frozen meals is cheese, leek, onion and mash pie. I boil and mash the potatoes, gently fry the leeks and onions in a little milk and butter, grate the cheddar cheese and mix it all up. I sometimes add some finely chopped steamed cabbage or some steamed spinach to the mash mix...

That's cool. I just had my last 'normally booked' Tesco delivery today and most things were in it. Except potatoes - not sure why these are suddenly becoming popular in the hot weather! I ordered 3 types and some sweet potatoes, none arrived... I even got the strong white flour I ordered, which...

In my county they've taken over the premises of the vacant care homes the council previously closed! This is how they've been able to free up hospital beds that were taken up by frail elderly people for whom it has 'normally' taken months for the council to arrange social care/care home...

Thanks for describing your experience of this service. I signed up to the government list, and as previously discussed my daughter received a NHS shielding letter as my named carer. I have a delivery pass with Tesco (as the only supermarket in my area that delivers all of their in store items)...

This is latest letter to GPs: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/20200403-Clinician-FAQs-v_FINAL.pdf

This is a longer term solution for those who can afford it, but it seems like some wholesale companies are now selling direct to the public. It may be worth a Google to find out which ones are changing their policies on this (I'd anticipate more will do this the longer restaurants, schools and...

Not sure if this link has been posted - a petition for the government to recognise ALL those disabled people who are 'extremely vulnerable' and require home delivery of groceries from supermarkets...

Here is Tesco's latest response: https://www.tesco.com/help/priority-slots-faq/

Link to a site that is collating and updating supermarket delivery availability: https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/which-food-delivery-services-have-slots-available-this-weekend

Looks like an urban service, they don't have any drivers in my area!

For Universal Credit and ESA, the focus is on how the claimant would manage in a 'typical work setting'. The DWP assumes that any employer would bend over backwards to help the disabled/sick claimant preform their job! They also assume that the 'modern work place' is a large office, with both...

As part of their report, the 'healthcare professionals' doing all these benefits assessments are asked to provide an account of the claimant's 'typical day'. They usually try to get the claimant to give this verbally in the face to face assessment. If you have provided a good account of how you...

I have just received this email from Asda (I think I set up an account with them when I first explored moving most of my shopping - barring my monthly in store shop/prescription collection with Sainsburys - to online shopping):

Yes. This is also my concern with using the local village network. Most of the locals offering help will be the 'healthy active' but retired people. I want to minimise their exposure too!