NHS staff in Wales can get free Uber rides or Uber Eats meals this Christmas
The offer is available during Christmas week (December 23-27) when doctors, nurses and support staff continue to work around the clock
by Mark SmithNHS staff are set to be given free Uber rides or Uber Eats meals to reward their tireless work over the Christmas period.
Anyone with an NHS email address will be able to claim two £10 Uber rides to get to and from work, or two £10 meals over the festive season with Uber Eats.
The offer is available during Christmas week (December 23-27) when NHS staff continue to work around the clock despite the limited access to public transport.
Across the UK, some 400,000 NHS staff are expected to work on Christmas Day alone this year. An estimated 82,000 nurses and 55,000 nursing assistants will be working in hospitals, while 12,000 midwives are expected to welcome around 1,400 babies.
Jamie Heywood, Uber's Regional General Manager for Northern and Eastern Europe said: "We all know someone who works tirelessly over Christmas to keep the NHS running and this is our way of saying thank you.
"For the third year, we're offering NHS doctors, nurses and support staff a helping hand to get to and from work at Christmas time when public transport is limited.
"This year, it's fantastic to extend the offer to provide a free meal to help make those shifts a little easier."
To encourage as many NHS workers as possible to register, ex-junior doctor turned author, Adam Kay, has partnered with Uber to give away 1,000 copies of his book, 'Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas'.
The festive follow-up to the acclaimed 'This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor', follows the life of a junior doctor featuring diary entries from Christmas shifts and offering a love letter from Adam Kay to all those who spend their festive season on the front line.
He said: "While you're eating your body weight in carbohydrates this Christmas Day, almost half a million NHS staff will be on the wards.
"Having worked for a bunch of Christmases as a junior doctor, I'm very aware of how far a kind gesture can go this time of year.
"If you're working on the front line this Christmas, or know someone who is, please do ensure you're registered for this token of appreciation."
NHS staff across Wales, England and Scotland can claim their two free Uber trips or Uber Eats codes by visiting www.uber.com/nhs and entering their official NHS email address by 9am on Friday, December 20.
The Uber and Uber Eats codes can be redeemed for trips and orders to take place throughout Christmas week from December 23-27.
How to claim:
- Go to www.uber.com/nhs
- Enter your NHS email address in the form
- You’ll receive an email with your code(s) by December 22
- To apply the code open the Uber app:
- Make sure you redeem your codes between 00.00am on Monday, December 23 and 11.59pm on Friday, December 27.
Copies of 'Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas' will be available for passengers to take home for free in Ubers across London, Manchester and Birmingham, and each book will contain a card with details of how NHS staff can register for the offer.