Uber is pledging 200,000 free trips worth up to £15 each to help NHS workers get to and from work with staff able to claim up to 10 trips per person, per week.
Uber Eats are also going to issue 100,000 vouchers for NHS staff to redeem £10 at a number of restaurants and convenience shops, which will be delivered to their homes.
Anyone with an NHS email address can claim the free rides and meals.
Things to know
- To make sure the rides and Uber Eats meals go as far as possible, you’ll be able to claim up to 10 rides and 5 meals per week.
- Uber will pay the trip fare up to £15. If you go over, you will be charged the difference. The discount will be applied automatically at the end of your trip. The promotion applies at the end of the trip, so while the fare estimate might be £10‑12, this will be free after the promotion.
- Uber Eats will pay for your meal up to £10. If you go over, you will be charged the difference.
- The codes will be updated each week.
- The discount codes will end when all 100,000 Uber Eats orders and 200,000 Uber trips are claimed.
Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi thanked the healthcare workers currently working “tirelessly” day and night battling the virus.
“The incredible nurses, doctors and support staff of the NHS are doing heroic work at the forefront of this crisis, and everyone at Uber thanks them for their extraordinary efforts,” .
“We hope we can help in a small way with meals and transportation as they work tirelessly day and night”said Khosrowshahi.
