Watch the amazing scene at Calderdale Royal Hospital as police honour NHS staff with Clap for our Carers

Along with the Calderdale Valleys and Halifax Neighbourhood Policing Team, members of Calderdale Council Safety and Resilience team joined officers the Clap for Our Carers campaign

To thank the key workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, tonight saw the second #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them.

Here’s what you should know

The Clap For Our Carers, or #clapforourcarers, campaign will see people across the UK applaud NHS workers, delivery drivers, shop workers and a multitude of other key workers from the doorsteps, balconies or windows of their homes, in order to say thank you for all of their ongoing hard work.

The campaign website says, “Healthcare workers, emergency services, armed services, delivery drivers, shop workers, teachers, waste collectors, manufacturers, postal workers, cleaners, vets, engineers and all those who are out there making an unbelievable difference to our lives in these challenging times… bravo, you are amazing!”

The government is implementing new measures “to save lives through delaying and flattening the peak of the epidemic.”

This includes, enabling “regulators to emergency register suitable people as regulated healthcare professionals, such as nurses, midwives or paramedics, explains Gov.uk.

“This might include (but will not be limited to) recently retired professionals and students who are near the end of their training.”

However, frontline NHS staff are also currently not getting the protective equipment that they need in order to treat coronavirus patients.

Healthcare workers in hospitals throughout the UK have been voicing their concerns and frustration over the lack of personal protective equipment, also known as PPE.

Workers explain that they are having to substitute the correct equipment with less effective items or even improvise with non-medical materials.

What is the idea behind the Clap For Our Carers campaign?

The idea behind this campaign is to show our appreciation for doctors, nurses, GPs and every other NHS worker during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, alongside teachers, delivery drivers, shop workers, postal workers and other key workers.