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Source: Evening Standard
The Government is launching a new scheme to recruit 250,000 volunteers who can help the NHS support vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Announcing the push for volunteers at the daily Covid-19 press conference on Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new scheme would help support the NHS and local services.
He said: "We’re seeking a quarter of a million volunteers to help the NHS for shopping, the delivery of medicines and supporting those who are shielded to protect their own health.
"The NHS volunteer responders is a new scheme set up so that people can come and help and to make sure that the NHS and local services that are needed get all the support that they can." Mr Hancock also announced that more than 35,000 extra NHS staff would be joining the fight against the virus.
Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-volunteers-support-vulnerable-people-coronavirus-a4396476.html
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