Surges of love for the NHS and anger over Tory policies | Letters
Anthony Matheson is a doctor who wants to help but can't, Peter Kaan is convinced the Tories will only do right by the NHS temporarily, and Karen Barratt is fearful that low-paid workers in essential services will end up footing the bill
You would think that, during the Covid-19 crisis, doctors are at a premium and are being snapped up with open arms by the NHS. Unfortunately, that seems not to be the case. I am a UK- and NHS-trained doctor, and for the past six years I have worked as a senior emergency medicine doctor in the NHS. I am also an NHS-qualified GP. Since mid-January I have been working as a civilian doctor for the Ministry of Defence.
When I saw the strain that the NHS was under, I felt it was my professional and moral obligation to offer my services. You would think that this would be fairly easy. The General Medical Council has been contacting doctors who have given up their registration in the past three years and they are being granted temporary registration if they wish to volunteer. But there is nothing on the GMC website directing registered doctors on how to volunteer.
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