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Retired health workers: would you return to work to help with coronavirus?

A nurse on a ward at a hospital
NHS retirees have been asked to return to work to help with the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Over 65,000 letters to NHS retirees have been sent out asking them to return to work to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

In an interview with BBC Breakfast on Friday, health secretary Matt Hancock said to those in retirement: “Your NHS needs you.”

But do former doctors, surgeons, nurses and other health professionals wish to interrupt their retirement? What do you feel about the wording of Matt Hancock’s request?

Share your experiences

When did you retire as a health worker? What was your old job? How do you feel about the handling of the coronavirus so far? Are you keen to return to your old job? Are you be satisfied it would be safe to return?

You can get in touch by filling in the encrypted form below. Only the Guardian will see your responses and one of our journalists may be in touch for more information.

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