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TWO-THIRDS of NHS staff are seriously considering leaving their jobs, a trade union study revealed yesterday.
According to a new report by health union Unison, no less than 65 per cent of NHS employees plan to leave due to the effects of low pay, staff shortages and privatisation.
Two in five of those quizzed have even considered leaving healthcare altogether.
“The chronic understaffing and mounting pressure on NHS workers mean many are at the end of their tethers and feel they have no other option but to leave,” said Unison general secretary Dave Prentis.
“NHS pay scales have fallen way behind living costs, so nurses, healthcare assistants, ambulance staff and medical secretaries have to work as many hours as they can to be able to feed their families and pay their bills.
“The government must recognise the risk to patient care and raise salaries now to stop an NHS staff exodus.”
