20,000 former NHS staff return to fight virus, Prime Minister says →
Some 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, Boris Johnson has revealed in a video posted online. BBC NEWS
Read More500,000 people have signed up to be NHS volunteers, UK health secretary says →
More than half a million volunteers have signed up in just over 24 hours to help the NHS cope with the coronavirus outbreak. The mass sign-up follows health secretary Matt Hancock’s call for 250,000 people to donate their time to help the 1.5 million people isolating for 12 weeks in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19. THE INDEPENDENT
Read MoreSchool leavers train as carers as EU migration falls →
The NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity. The new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHow virtual reality is helping people with dementia →
An NHS pilot is seeing if virtual reality could improve the lives of people with dementia, by taking them back in time to relive formative experiences. BBC NEWS
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