Thousands of disposable car seat covers donated to health workers

Added: 06 April 2020

Simon Bailes Peugeot has donated hundreds of disposable car seat covers to the NHS to help staff protect themselves from potential coronavirus infection.

The polythene protectors, normally used to ensure the seats of customers’ vehicles remain spotless, are now being used by frontline medical staff as part of their efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Simon Bailes has donated hundreds of the covers to a team of community midwives at Darlington Memorial Hospital and to medical staff at Norton Medical Centre, Stockton, and Rockliffe Court Surgery at Hurworth Place, near Darlington.

They will be used by health workers who are having to make an increasing number of visits to the elderly or those designated at risk and unable to leave their homes.

The use of the covers will help staff reduce the possibility of the infection being transmitted via their vehicles as they make multiple home visits.

Lucy Calvert, practice manager at Rockliffe Court Surgery said: “We would like to express our gratitude to Simon Bailes Peugeot for this generous donation. They will be used by our staff, including district nurses, who are responding to the increasing requirement for home visits.”

Simon Bailes said: “Our disposable car seat covers are in high demand by health workers and I’m pleased to be able to support these essential medical staff as they go about their daily work.

“Our dealerships in Stockton, Northallerton and Guisborough had plenty of disposable seat covers and we are pleased to freely offer them. We will do everything possible to support our magnificent NHS.”

Any GP surgeries and medical centres within our dealership areas can request a batch  of disposable car seat covers, while stock lasts, by emailing enquiries@simonbailes.co.uk