IWMD this year is unique in falling in the middle of the UK lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lack of appropriate PPE has thrown millions of public facing workers into harms way as they do not have the right tools to protect themselves from infection.
In this environment it is vital that IWMD is observed. We intend to do this safely, with social distancing, and by asking for people to take a moment’s silence in their homes or workplaces.
Representatives from the trade union movement will leave a memorial banner and floral tributes at the Royal London Hospital at 10:45am on Tuesday 28th April, to mark the memory of those workers who have died during the pandemic. Similar memorials are taking place in other UK cities including Sheffield and Leeds.
Doctors in Unite 