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Majority of retired NHS staff don't want to return to work
Reports claim that scores of retired NHS doctors and nurses are against returning to work to help tackle coronavirus.
As part of its contingency plans to tackle the outbreak, the government pinpointed plans to call back to work NHS ‘leavers and retirees’ to help relieve pressure on an NHS workforce that is expected to be overwhelmed by the virus.
However, a majority of 120 former NHS employees who responded to a Guardian callout were resistant, and in some cases hostile, to the idea. A large number cited the burden it would have on their physical and mental health, with some also highlighting that they did not want to a return to a working environment where they suffered stress, bullying, burnout and even breakdowns.
Many also expressed concern that returning to work would put them at risk of contracting the disease and that their lack of recent practice could put patients at risk.
A small minority were keen to return with 16 of the 120 saying they would do so without reservations.
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