Plea to help nurses during snow

Owners of 4x4 vehicles have been urged to help provide transport for nurses unable to visit patients in their homes due to the weather.


NHS Warwickshire has about 2,000 people who work in the community.

A spokesman said: "We want people to ring up if they're willing to drive their 4x4 and take a nurse to an appointment and back again."

Further spells of snow were predicted in the county on Sunday evening, overnight and on Monday.

Snow which might be heavy at times, especially over hills, was expected in the West Midlands region on Sunday night.

Spells of snow on Monday should ease through the day, the Met Office said.

Anybody who would like to help NHS Warwickshire should call 01926 310 310.

That's the reason my dad won't have a Land Rover. He says once everyone knows you own a 4x4 you're expected to become an unpaid rescue vehicle for anyone who gets stuck in the snow!

They were doing that down here last week and there were plenty of volunteers.

The army were helping out yesterday to deliver meals on wheels to the elderly living in the villages.

We could use the Army here to empty the wheelie bins as the binmen are refusing to empty them.