Musicians from the Royal Marines Band have been providing support on hospital wards to free up medics caring for Covid-19 patients. A group of 42 members of the service band based at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, Hampshire, and Portsmouth Naval Base have been aiding frontline NHS staff at hospitals in Bournemouth, Dorset, and Bath, Somerset, as well as the NHS Nightingale Hospital in Exeter, Devon. The band members are trained to carry stretchers, drive ambulances and assist the military’s full-time medics during times of conflict. And they are currently assisting the military’s support to the Government’s response to the pandemic in the south west led by 3 Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines with the aim of freeing up NHS staff for clinical duties.