Two Thirds Of Staff To Quit NHS?

65% of NHS’s staff seriously considers leaving their jobs, says recent survey.

21:00 30 September 2015

The NHS faces a mass “staff exodus” as two in three employees are considering leaving their jobs, a study of more than 10,000 NHS staff has found. 

 

NHS is staffed by more than 1.3 million workers. The figures suggest that thousands of dedicated staff are considering quitting which could lead to the biggest crisis in the health service since it was launched in 1948.

 

According to the report released by UNISON, 82per cent of workers said  that their workload was now bigger than ever before while 72per cent agreed that their stress level has increased as well. 36per cent of the respondents admitted to believing that the quality of care provided to patients has gotten worse. Dozens have already left their jobs while a growing number are on the brink or resigning due to low pay, staff shortages, and the changing nature of the NHS.

 

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis, said: “Ministers wasted a huge amount on a costly reorganisation the NHS did not need.

 

“They are allowing our NHS to implode and need to recognise that the squeeze on NHS finances is directly affecting staff and patients.

 

“The chronic understaffing and mounting pressure on NHS workers mean many are at the very end of their tethers and feel they have no other option but to leave.

 

"It is not right that so many health staff now have second jobs just to make ends meet.

 

“But NHS pay scales have fallen way behind living costs so nurses, healthcare assistants, ambulance staff and medical secretaries have to work as many hours as they can to be able to feed their families and pay their bills.

 

"Health staff work beyond their hours to care for those who need it.

 

“The Government must recognise the risk to patient care and raise salaries now to stop an NHS staff exodus. The health service cannot afford to lose its dedicated and skilled workforce.”