MORE than half of the staff who have worked on a Covid-19 ward at the Dudley Group of hospitals felt ill due to work-related stress amid the coronavirus crisis, according to an NHS survey. The annual NHS Staff Survey 2020 has revealed the toll of the pandemic on staff at trusts across England. At the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital and the Corbett and Guest Outpatient Centres, almost 54 per cent of staff looking after Covid patients said they had felt unwell as a result of work-related stress in the last 12 months. While 58.3 per cent of staff who had worked on a Covid ward said they had attended work in the last three months despite not feeling well enough to perform their duties - despite guidance stating people should stay at home and isolate if unwell to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.