NHS staff quitting health service 'for better paid jobs in shops and hospitality'
NHS staff are facing a cost-of-living crisis which is forcing them to leave for better paid jobs in shops and hospitality, according to the body that represents trusts.
Staff are also struggling to afford to go to work, with 71% of trust managers surveyed saying this was having a significant or severe impact on their trust. While the cost-of-living crisis is affecting lower paid staff the most, the pressures are being felt across the board, NHS Providers said.In some trusts, managers have described how sickness rates rise towards the end of the month as pay packets run out, with people no longer able to afford the journey to work.
Overall, 27% of trusts are offering food banks for staff, while a further 19% are planning to do so. When it comes to patients, 95% of trust leaders said the cost-of-living crisis had either significantly or severely worsened health inequalities in their local area. Miriam Deakin, director of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, said increasing numbers of nurses and other staff, particularly in the lower pay bands, are finding they are unable to afford to work in the NHS. “The squeeze on pay and the rising cost of living means they are having to make some very tough decisions,” she said.
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