Work stress, high workload, and understaffing are the primary factors driving health professionals out of the NHS, suggest the results of a survey published in the open access journal BMJ Open.
The findings prompt the researchers to suggest that pay increases alone may not be sufficient to fix NHS staff retention.
During the Summer and Autumn of 2021, 1958 NHS health professionals from across the UK completed an online survey to determine the relative importance they gave to 8 factors as the key reasons for leaving NHS employment. The factors compared were: staffing levels; working hours; mental health/stress; pay; time pressure; recognition of contribution; workload intensity; and work–life balance.
Related StoriesPay was considered more important by healthcare assistants and other nursing support staff and paramedics, but was generally ranked fourth or fifth by other professional groups. "In common with the NHS annual staff survey and all other voluntary participation employee surveys, the potential for self-selection response bias cannot be discounted," emphasize the researchers.
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