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Labour Party MP Ian Lavery
LABOUR MP Ian Lavery slammed today the “utter disgrace” of hundreds of student nurses having their contracts cut short after being drafted to help during the pandemic.
The Wansbeck MP and former Labour chairman has demanded answers from Health Secretary Matt Hancock and PM Boris Johnson after a student nurse revealed that she was among thousands of trainee nurses who had had their contracts cut short.
Third-year student Hannah Wright was one of nearly 15,000 trainee nurses and midwives and medical students in England who were asked to join the “nationwide coronavirus fightback” on six-month contracts.
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