Health Secretary Matt Hancock said some retired medics will be able to come ‘straight back in’ while others may need some refresher training.
‘The training will happen for those who need it over the next couple of weeks, at the same time we’ll allocate people to a hospital near them because there’s a logistical exercise here as well.’
Maria Caulfield, the Conservative MP for Lewes and a former nurse, tweeted: ‘I will be returning to the front line in the NHS to support the fight against the coronavirus, important we all help where we can.’In Scotland, anyone who left the medical profession during the past three years has also been asked to consider returning to the NHS.AdvertisementThe government has published a list of key workers whose children will still be able to go to school after they close later.
Utilities, communication and financial services staff, including postal workers, and waste disposal workers Rishi Sunak has been under pressure from Labour, unions and even senior Tory MPs to do more to help workers and the stalling economy weather the crisis. He will reveal new measures at the daily Covid-19 press conference in Downing Street, where he is expected to be joined by Boris Johnson at 5pm.
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