Hospitals are being urged to improve their recruitment process as more nurses and midwives are leaving their jobs due to NHS pay rates and seeking a better work life balance, a Northern Care Alliance report has said. The NCA, who run care across Salford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury, have highlighted that the retention of staff is a big area of concern.
A board of directors meeting for the NCA, held on April 26, was told that the trust lost 2,419 staff members over the course of 2021/22. One of the largest areas of concern is nursing and midwifery, where the NCA saw the equivalent of one in seven leaving in 2021/22.
“During 21/22, 2,419 colleagues left the NCA, equivalent to one in eight staff,” the People Report said.
