Record 170K staffers left NHS England last year; govt vows huge recruitment drive
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A record 170,000 staffers left the National Health Service (NHS) in England last year as they cope with some of the worst pressures ever seen in the country’s health system. According to a report by The Guardian on Saturday (July 1), over 41,000 nurses were among those who left their jobs in NHS hospitals and community health services, with the highest leaving rate for at least a decade.
The number of staffers quitting overall rose by more than a quarter in 2022, compared to 2019, the report said citing The Observer.
Speaking to the publication, Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, said, "Staff did brilliant work during the pandemic, but there has been no respite. The data on people leaving is worrying and we need to see it reversed."
“We need to focus on staff wellbeing and continued professional development, showing the employers really do care about their frontline teams,” Sir Hartley added.
The Guardian report said that in the year leading up to December 31, 2022, nearly 170,000 staffleft NHS service in hospitals, community health services, and other core health organisations, compared to 149,678 the previous year.
As per experts, 2022 might have been a peak year for exits from the NHSbecause of those who may have deferred retirement because of the Covid pandemic. However, there has been a rise in the number of employeesciting work-life balance as the reason for quitting.
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Govt vows huge recruitment drive for NHS
Last Friday, the government announced that the NHS would get over300,000 staff under a new plan to deal with the chronic shortage of doctors and nurses. According to a report by the news agency AFP, the long-term workforce plan would include reducing the time doctors spend in medical school and training more homegrown staff, to improve staffing levels that are below the European average.
Sir Julian Hartley welcomed the workforce plan,particularly the expansion of apprenticeship routes for clinical staff and the ambition to train more staff and reduce reliance on international recruitment and agency workers, the report further said.
Currently, NHS England has112,000 vacancies as it struggles to replacethe large number of workers leaving the service. The government said the plan's main goals areto train and retain more staff and reform working practices.
The government hopesto add an extra 60,000 doctors, 170,000 nurses and 71,000 health professionals by 2037.
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