Coronavirus pandemic calls 40,000 health professionals back to work

More than 40,000 health workers across Australia are being called back to work to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The register will run over a year, allowing registered doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists to return to work from April 6.

To be eligible, practitioners must have held registration or moved to a non-registered practice in the past three years.

The Australian Health Practitioner Agency will alert those who are eligible.