Laura Sharman 09 March 2020

Government to give volunteers job protection to help fight coronavirus

New measures to make it easier for volunteers to help support health and social care services during the coronavirus outbreak have been introduced by the Government.

In the event of a pandemic, volunteers will be able to increase the amount of time they can spend supporting a health, community health and social care setting without fear of losing their job for four weeks.

The Government also outlined further plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including the expansion of video hearings in courts and the emergency registration of health professionals who have since retired.

Health secretary Matt Hancock said: 'We will do all we can to contain coronavirus, but as we know, COVID-19 is spreading across the world, so I want to ensure government is doing everything in its power to be ready to delay and mitigate this threat.

'Public safety is my top priority. Responding to coronavirus is a massive national effort and I’m working with colleagues across government to ensure we have a proportionate emergency bill, with the right measures to deal with the impacts of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak.'

The Government has drawn up plans to provide nearly 200 buildings with a combined capacity for about 15,000 bodies as the spread of coronavirus intensifies. Visit The MJ (£) for more on this story.

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