Many are actively seeking alternative employment and others are seriously considering a job move.
Sara Gorton
Another top-down reorganisation is not the start to the new year that NHS staff in England were expecting.
Employers are using desperate measures to cope with desperate times. But stretching dwindling numbers every thinner cannot solve this staffing crisis.
A properly-funded staffing plan is the single most important step ministers can take to relieve pressures over the next few years.
A properly funded pay award will help the NHS withstand present and future pressures.
There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases.
This sledgehammer approach risks doing more harm than good.
The backlog is overwhelming and will take years to clear.
A lack of planning for a global pandemic left the UK and the NHS exposed like never before
After a long and difficult year, a decent pay rise for NHS staff should be a simple decision to make and be popular with the public. Valuing health staff and investing in the NHS is a political choice.
Matt Hancock should stop trying to defend the indefensible
Many workers are yearning for a reason to stay in the jobs they love
The biggest cost for all of us will be if the government fails to invest in the NHS workforce
The government needs to hit pause and think again on pay
The public will be horrified. NHS staff will think it’s some kind of joke