Educational grants will be provided to 200 healthcare professionals.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Foundation has joined forces with Deliveroo to deliver education and training for NHS nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers.
A donation of £300,000 has been made to the RCN Foundation facilitated by Deliveroo to provide educational grants for 200 healthcare professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Anyone in an NHS nursing or midwifery team can apply, with courses available both online and at universities and hospitals across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, covering a wide range of specialisms, including critical care, mental health and advanced practice.
An enormous gratitude.
Two spaces on the programme will be allocated to Deliveroo riders also working for the NHS as either nurses or midwives, and eligible riders are therefore encouraged to apply.
Announcing the plans, Will Shu, CEO and Founder of Deliveroo, said: “NHS staff have played an invaluable role in keeping us and our loved ones safe during the pandemic.
“As a British business, we want to use Deliveroo’s unique network for good and express our enormous gratitude to frontline NHS staff.
“Thanks to the generosity of our customers and partners, we are delighted to be able to support the further training of fantastic NHS nurses and midwives”
Unhappy.
However, not everyone has been happy with the nursing charity partnering with the delivery giant.
RCN member and registered nurse Anthony Johnson told NursingNotes; “It really is interesting to see the RCN partner with an employer that actively works to stop the unionisation of its employees.
“Deliveroo riders have previously struggled to get more than £2 an hour for their work and access support when they have become sick with COVID-19.
“Is profiting off the oppression of other workers really something to celebrate?”
