Hospitals report warns against volunteers doing work of NHS staff

Hospitals report warns against volunteers doing work of NHS staff Volunteers play a vital role in hospitals such as by doing tea rounds and fetching medications but should never be required to do the work of trained staff, according to a report.
An estimated 78,000 volunteers perform a variety of roles in NHS hospitals across England. Richard Murray, the director of policy at the King’s Fund thinktank, which conducted the study, said that while it found frontline staff appreciated volunteers, that was “provided they were not being used as substitutes for paid staff”. The Guardian

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• Volunteers reduce pressure on frontline NHS staff, report finds King's Fund