Lead organiser for Nurses United UK Anthony Johnson, said the 'disgusting' decision was typical of the way student nurses are treated throughout their studies. The 27-year-old said: 'Student nurses are not all young, they have families and mortgages to support. In mid-April, NHS England reported that nearly 15,000 student nurses, midwives and medical students had joined 'frontline NHS teams as part of the nationwide coronavirus fightback'. The final year student nurses were sent to work in Covid-19 wards before completing their training. Professor Radford said in a statement: 'To be clear, it is absolutely untrue to suggest that student nurses and midwives are being made redundant; all student nurses and midwives are required to complete placements during their training.

Source: Daily Mail June 17, 2020 13:33 UTC