Coronavirus: Nurses' leaders urge 'care for those who caring'

Nurses' leaders want all healthcare employers - including the NHS - to "care for those who have been caring" during the coronavirus crisis.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for better risk assessments; working patterns and mental health care for those on the front line. It warns many may be suffering from exhaustion, anxiety and other psychological problems.

The Department of Health and Social Care said support was a "top priority".

The RCN has released an eight-point plan of commitments it wants to see enforced to mark the 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic.

Amongst its suggestions are a better COVID-19 testing regime for healthcare workers and more attention paid to the risks posed to ethnic minority nurses.

It says employers and ministers "must tackle the underlying causes which have contributed to worse outcomes for Bame staff".

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Source: BBC News, 19 June 2020