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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Boseley and Nicola Davis

Health workers ‘shattered’, says Jeremy Farrar as more NHS strikes loom

Nurses on strike in London on 6 February.
Nurses on strike in London on 6 February. Junior doctors are the latest NHS staff to ballot for industrial action. Photograph: Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Healthcare workers are “absolutely shattered” and unless something is done to address the crisis in morale, staffing and training then “they won’t be there when you need them”, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned.

Speaking to the Guardian, Prof Jeremy Farrar, the director of Wellcome and soon to be chief scientist of the World Health Organization, warned that healthcare workers would not be ready should another crisis hit.

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