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Coronavirus: MP Nadia Whittome returns to care work Coronavirus: MP Nadia Whittome returns to care work
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An MP has returned to her pre-Parliament job as a care worker to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic.An MP has returned to her pre-Parliament job as a care worker to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome said she would donate the salary from her part-time role at ExtraCare to a local Covid-19 support fund. Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome said she would donate the salary from her part-time role at a retirement village to a local Covid-19 support fund.
The 23-year-old said she was doing it because "the care system is in serious danger of falling apart" during the outbreak. The 23-year-old Labour politician said she was doing it because "the care system is in serious danger of falling apart" during the outbreak.
The NHS has called for former health workers to return to their jobs.The NHS has called for former health workers to return to their jobs.
'Recognition rare''Recognition rare'
Ms Whittome, Britain's youngest MP, said: "I am returning part-time to my previous job as a care worker because social care is already in crisis and the care system is in serious danger of falling apart at the seams during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms Whittome, Britain's youngest MP, said: "Social care is in absolute crisis.
"Care workers work tirelessly to support communities, yet rarely receive recognition and pay that reflects their contribution." "I'm worried it is going to mean that the social care system is going to fall apart at the seams - so I'm pitching in."
She also called for an "emergency" universal basic income and mass testing.She also called for an "emergency" universal basic income and mass testing.
Ms Whittome returned to work at Lark Hill retirement village in Clifton, Nottingham, on Tuesday.
She will be working in personal care - making people food, feeding them and administering medication, once retrained.
She previously worked there for just under two years from the age of 19.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said about 7,500 health workers had answered the call to return to work from Monday.Health Secretary Matt Hancock said about 7,500 health workers had answered the call to return to work from Monday.
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