If you know someone personally who is struggling then give it to them.

Hospital front desks are not typically equipped to accept donations like this, and at the moment any distractions from their core mission will have a negative impact on them. A close family member is a doctor on the front lines, and although the NHS isn’t yet overwhelmed they’re doing a hell of a lot of planning to try and keep it that way - so resources are already thinly stretched. Things are, unfortunately, only going to get worse from here on in.

Alternative suggestions would be donating them to a local homeless shelter, or to older and more vulnerable folk in the community who might not be able to get to the shops ahead of panic buyers.