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Could volunteers be drafted in to plug NHS staffing gap?

House of Lords debate suggests that staff shortage could be eased by volunteers from bodies such as the British Red Cross

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Photo of British Red Cross worker, illustrating story about possibility of nurse volunteers for NHS

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