Psychological and safety issues need to be addressed to encourage people to show up for work in extreme situations (Image: Sinopix/Rex Features)
HEALTHCARE workers will desert their posts in droves in a pandemic, unless the safety and psychological issues they face are addressed. So say surveys of doctors, nurses and other staff, such as lab techs, secretaries and porters, from around the world.
The worst predictions are for the UK, where as few as 15 per cent of workers would show up in a pandemic (BMC Public Health, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-142).
Elsewhere, the figures are better but still worrying. Two…
