Hospital patients should volunteer and give back to the NHS to make it 'work so much better'

Hospital patients should volunteer and give back to the NHS to make it 'work so much better' Hospital patients should give back to the NHS by volunteering when they are better, according to the head of a watchdog.

Sir Robert Francis, who today took charge of Healthwatch England, said more people should be offering their help for free to the health service.

The 68-year-old added the NHS would 'work so much better' if everybody did their bit.

But, Sir Robert stressed, volunteers must not be expected to make up for short-staffing or to do the work of paid employees. The Daily Mail