Senior officials say the ex-employees are needed to boost frontline services. It comes after the government pledged to ensure that all hospitals have enough protective gear and ventilators. It also published a list of key workers whose children will still be able to go to school after they shut later. In Scotland, anyone who left the medical profession during the past three years has also been asked to consider returning to the NHS. Meanwhile, the chancellor is set to announce a wage subsidy package to protect jobs. Many firms are warning of collapse, wiping out thousands of jobs, as life in the UK is largely put on hold.

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