NHS employee? You can apply for 60,000 FREE Avios worth at least £480

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In May 2020, Avios asked members to donate points towards an appeal for NHS staff. The plan was to reward NHS workers for their efforts during the pandemic.

As we reported here, 305 million Avios were donated. IAG Loyalty donated 210 million and members donated 95 million.

If you are an NHS employee, you can now apply for a share, worth at least 60,000 Avios.

2,000 NHS staff have already received 60,000 Avios each via a nominations process run by Avios and NHS management.

Another 3,000 NHS staff can now apply directly to receive a gift of 60,000 Avios.

How do you apply for your free Avios?

Anyone with an nhs.net, nhs.scot, nhs.uk, hscni.net or similar email address qualifies to receive 60,000 Avios.

You need to visit this page of ba.com and submit the online form by 23rd December. The rules have been changed during Saturday to confirm that ALL NHS staff in the UK can apply.

It is a free draw. You do not need to justify what you would do with the Avios or what you have done to deserve them. Avios will select 3,000 people at random from those who apply and award them 60,000 points each.

If fewer than 3,000 people apply, each applicant will receive a larger prize so that the entire 180 million Avios are allocated.

If you are a winner, you will receive your Avios by 13th February 2022.

60,000 Avios should be worth over £600 of free flights – our core article on what Avios points are worth is here.

The worse case scenario is that you convert them into 96,000 Nectar points. This will get you £480 of free shopping at Sainsbury’s or Argos.

Please share this article ….

Even if you are not an NHS employee yourself, you are likely to know someone who is. Please send them a link to this article or share it via social media so that as many people as possible can benefit.

If you donated Avios during the NHS appeal last year, your points are going to good homes.

You can make your application via ba.com here.

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C F Frost says:

10 Dec10 December 19:52

What a thread…

Please take some consolation.

It’s unusual to come across an NHS manager with the wit or wisdom to have secured an nhs.net email address for themselves when their employer has already provided them an organisationname.nhs.uk one. They may have asked a secretary to sort it out, but may thereafter struggle to keep it busy enough to remain open. And in any case, those that do have a secretary are often working beside somebody much smarter then they are and easily smart enough to secure the Avios for themselves. NHS secretaries are among the most underpaid employees we have and would deserve these Avios hugely.

In short: the requirement for an nhs.net address is probably quite a good screening measure to exclude under-active managers from the giveaway. A shame that pnn.police.uk didn’t make the cut though. They deserve it too. And prison officers.
- His Holyness says:
  
  10 Dec10 December 20:02
  
  Do you suppose the likes of Jacqui Smith have an nhs.net email as a non-exec Director of Barts? Or perhaps kept it going from Brum NHS trust?
  - C F Frost says:
    
    10 Dec10 December 20:08
    
    Good question. I’m popping over to nhs.net and the ‘global address book’ to find out…
    - His Holyness says:
      
      10 Dec10 December 22:25
      
      She’s got BA status
    - His Holyness says:
      
      11 Dec11 December 18:53
      
      Any news on the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith? She does love a freebie.
  - PGW says:
    
    10 Dec10 December 21:26
    
    And what about Lady (Kier) Starmer who I believe is an NHS lawyer?
    - Doommonger says:
      
      10 Dec10 December 22:35
      
      Why not just take the positive from a good news story rather than, denigrating it, perhaps because you cant, and maybe because you are one.
    - His Holyness says:
      
      11 Dec11 December 18:55
      
      Victoria Starmer, using her husband’s name! That’s really not at all progressive. The patriarchy alive and well in HM Opposition.
Tom H says:

10 Dec10 December 21:28

https://twitter.com/goldstone_tony/status/1469227346989391874?s=21
Richmond_Surrey says:

10 Dec10 December 22:38

Wow, I did not expect all these comments. I thought they will be about Avios. I signed up my husband with nhs.uk email.
martin says:

11 Dec11 December 02:29

having experienced it from the other end literally..

i had an issue that needed looking/probing at at almost the start of the pandemic..

All i received was numerous e-consults which actually did not achieve anything.

i finally saw a real person this november and was rushed through the system, however the 16 month delay of everyone being scared to see me apart from through a webcam (thought i`d grown out of those as a silly youth with netmeeting roulette).

I won`t bore everyone with the details, however my life expectancy is less than 6 months due to late diagnosis..

Ironically as key workers both myself, partner and kids carried on as normal throughout the whole pandemic, nothing changed in our lives apart from my life has now been shortened, my kids will lose a father and my partner will be rich soon..

Is the NHS fit for purpose, certainly not.
it signs people off sick for months without even seeing them, yet it wouldn`t poke a finger where it needed to go to diagnose my issues.

I know many colleagues in my industry who died during covid serving the nation on the front line, not from a phone that has been sanitised at home before touching it..

The NHS stands for Not Helping “people” Survive in my view
- martin says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 02:34
  
  PS…
  Don`t think i`ll be using up all my unused vouchers and flights..
  although won`t be my problem soon..
- Polly says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 07:33
  
  Really sorry to read about your experience. Wish your family well. Hard to imagine how difficult this is for you.
- Spurs drive me mad says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 09:34
  
  Wow Martin your post puts all the bitching in this thread to shame.
- Lady London says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 12:17
  
  Martin I am so sorry. Thank you for telling it like it is.
  - His Holyness says:
    
    11 Dec11 December 18:52
    
    Terrible, terrible news. And I believe, avoidable. It’s what “stupid idiot” Mike was saying in a more direct manner. But all forgotten. Let’s keep clapping. Lockdown is the answer. Lockdown has no consequences. You can die from anything, as long as its not from (or should I say with, wink wink) Covid.
    - Mike says:
      
      12 Dec12 December 11:15
      
      Since I assume you are addressing me, my experience is not uncommon, in fact, based on my experience and the experience of a wide group of friends whose experience has also been universally awful, the NHS just isn’t fit for purpose. It could be the authority I’m in but personally it has been crappy in what location I lived. I don’t even use the NHS that much. I accept these are anecdotes and therefore statistical invalid, though just as invalid as those in the NHS who won’t accept any criticism because they work hard. I’ll give an example of a friend, his father went into hospital for a minor operation, got blood infection and ended up on life support, they wanted to switch it off after just under 24 hours. Now, my friend is a senior bod in a billion pound business, and generally doesn’t take crap, he had to beg, basically appealling to them that they had only give the guy 24 hours and could they have longer to see if he would recover. They eventually gave in under threats of a lawsuit and gave him more time. He came off life support 2 days later and lived a life as healthy as before, before dying of an unrelated illness a few years later. The NHS is awful. I’m not going to change my mind based name calling.
Sam says:

11 Dec11 December 08:05

Martin, sorry to hear your situation. I wish you the best and hope you can spend as much time as possible with your family

My mum was diagnosed with cancer one week before the first lockdown. She was booked for surgery two days after lockdown started which obviously got cancelled which was devastating news to the family. However, when restrictions were lifted a little in June, NHS got in contact, booked her in and she is now cancer free. Personally, I think the team did the best they could given the situation

On a day to day basis, I appreciate the way my surgery has gone online. I no longer have to wait on the phone at 9am to book appointments. I can simply message them and they will either give me instructions by email or book me an appointment at an appropriate time, either on the phone or in person. I do have access to private virtual gp where I could book a call prob in the next hour. But for some things, we might need a face to face appointment so I contact my surgery

To summarise my thoughts, I think it’s unfair to say the NHS is not for purpose. There are some areas which perform well, there are others that don’t. And it’s generally down to underfunding by the government and inefficiencies due to its size. I would love to look at its books and structure and make it more efficient

As to all the others who are complaining about NHS England and NI (would be interesting to know why Scotland and Wales didn’t respond initially) getting a special thanks, get over it. Appreciate what you do have and if you don’t have anything nice to say, move on
- Lady London says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 12:19
  
  You’ve been lucky Sam and I’m glad for you. Local factors worked for you. Throughout the UK, the NHS front end is not working for people.
Geoff 1977 says:

11 Dec11 December 09:27

I work in IT for the NHS and I’ve taken advantage of this offer.

Thanks for sharing Bob!
- Geoff 1977 says:
  
  11 Dec11 December 09:48
  
  I’ve saved a lot of money from working from home for over 18 months so I’ll really be able to splash out on a holiday!
  
  Great start to the Christmas period. Hope everyone else is feeling festive too 🎅🏻
  - Mike says:
    
    11 Dec11 December 11:41
    
    Geoff – enjoy. I have saved loads too from WFH , equally have hardly had to do any work at all as everyone else seems to be WFH. I am not into DIY but several of my friends have completely renovated their homes whilst WFH and a couple moved into their holiday home virtually full time
    - Geoff 1977 says:
      
      11 Dec11 December 12:12
      
      Nice one Mike. I’ve done as much work from home as the office as it’s just a desk at home rather than in an office so it makes to difference to me.
      
      I get some people don’t have a quiet/suitable place to work but if they do then there’s no excuse for an adult being less productive at home than in an office.
John Gallagher says:

11 Dec11 December 12:15

My wife is a volunteer for the NHS.
She worked there most days throughout the pandemic when she was furloughed from her part-time job as a flight attendant. Her job was giving out PPE. It did make her realise how ‘easy’ her usual job is.
She is now back flying but still does the odd days when she can. I’ve nominated her of course.
For anyone who says they are tired of the NHS being talked about as heroes do need to spend a few days there to see that they have to put up with. Not just the under-funding but daily abuse and violence from the public who they are trying to help. It is truly shocking 👹
Spurs drive me mad says:

11 Dec11 December 13:17

They wouldn’t is the answer.