NHS coronavirus crisis volunteers frustrated at lack of tasks

Vast majority of 750,000 people who signed up to help are yet to be called into action

When ministers set out to recruit a 250,000-strong army of NHS volunteers and 750,000 signed up, it generated headlines around the world and was heralded by Boris Johnson as proof, contrary to Thatcher’s famous dictum, that there “was such thing as society”.

Nearly a month on, however, and only 75,000 tasks had been logged by the end of last week, rising to 100,000 today – many of them repeat trips for the same household – leaving many volunteers confused or disgruntled that they have yet to be called upon.

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