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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

Nurses quitting profession early puts health reforms in England at risk, says union

Nurses in a hospital corridor
The government wants to increase nurse numbers, but more than 11,000 will have left the register within the first 10 years, according to RCN analysis. Photograph: Getty Images

Increasing numbers of UK-trained nurses are set to leave the profession in England within a decade of registering, in a trend that could jeopardise the government’s overhaul of healthcare, according to a union.

More than 11,000 will have quit the register within their first 10 years on it, according to analysis by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of the latest official figures.

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