Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailOver 20,000 recently retired doctors, nurses and health care professionals have signed up to re-join the NHS in its fight against the coronavirus. “Just this evening I can tell you we have 20,000 NHS staff coming back to the colours." Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has asked recently retired officers to return to the force to help police the capital through the outbreak. “It has been truly inspirational to see our doctors, nurses and other carers rise magnificently to the needs of the hour. “Thousands of retired doctors and nurses are returning to the NHS – and hundreds of thousands of citizens are volunteering to help the most vulnerable.

Source: Daily Mirror March 29, 2020 19:15 UTC