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Nurse who cared for Boris Johnson resigns over ‘lack of respect’ for NHS workers Ben Quinn A nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he was gravely ill with Covid-19 says she has handed in her resignation, such is her disillusionment with the “lack of respect” shown by the government for the NHS and healthcare workers. Jenny McGee, who kept vigil by the prime minister’s bedside for two days when he was in intensive care, also revealed that his staff had later attempted to co-opt her into a “clap for the NHS” photo opportunity with him during what she thought would...

Advertisement London: An intensive care nurse who stood at the side of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was hospitalised with COVID-19 has resigned, citing lack of government support for health care workers. Jenny McGee, a New Zealander who has worked as an intensive care nurse in Britain for 11 years, said: “We’re not getting the respect and now pay that we deserve. I’m just sick of it. So I’ve handed in my resignation.” Jenny McGee, a nurse from Invercargill who treated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has quit her job. Johnson, one of the first wor...

Last Updated: Nurse Jenny McGee, Who Cared For UK PM Boris Johnson During COVID-19 Recovery, Resigns A nurse who cared for UK PM Boris Johnson when he tested COVID-19 positive has quit the job. She looked after him in Intensive Care Unit in hospital last year. IMAGE: AP A nurse named Jenny McGee, who cared for United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he tested COVID-19 positive, has quit the job. She had looked after Johnson when he was in the intensive care unit last year. McGee has given her resignation as she feels that the government has shown a lack of respect for frontline ...

Jenny McGee with the prime minster at a Downing Street garden party last summer after helping treat him in hospital. A nurse who looked after Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid-19 has resigned, citing the Government's 1% pay offer and its lack of respect for the profession. Jenny McGee, who cared for the Prime Minister in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in central London, told how she found the Prime Minister in April 2020 when she arrived at work. She told a Channel 4 documentary: "All around him there was lots and lots of sick patients, some of whom were dying.

BBC News By Lauren Turner image captionJenny McGee with the prime minster at a Downing Street garden party last summer A nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care with Covid has quit the NHS and criticised the government's handling of the pandemic and nurses' pay. Jenny McGee said she was "taking a step back" from the NHS after her "toughest year" in the job, but hoped to return. She told a Channel 4 documentary that nurses were not getting "the respect and now pay" they deserve. The government has recommended a 1% pay rise for NHS staff this year.