Medical students and new doctors could be drafted in to fight coronavirus

Coronavirus

Source: Health Protection Agency

Final year medical students could be drafted in to work in hospitals and first year doctors have their responsibilities extended if the NHS comes under severe pressure from increasing coronavirus cases, the chief medical officer has said.

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