Claim: Student nurses of the 2017 cohort were asked to join the NHS workforce early this year, due to Covid-19.
Fact-check: This is what has happened with student nurses who volunteered to work for the NHS early - Full Fact
Verdict: this is true, final year nursing students were given the option to join the workforce early and be paid for this work, due to covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-06-22T00:00:00