London, Jan 17: The NHS is "haemorrhaging" nurses with one in 10 leaving the NHS in
England each year, figures show, a BBC News report said on Wednesday.
More than 33,000 walked away last year, piling pressure on understaffed hospital wards and community services, the news report said.
The figures -- provided to the BBC by NHS Digital -- represent a rise of 20 per cent since 2012-13, and mean there are now more leavers than joiners.
Nurse leaders said it was a "dangerous and downward spiral", but NHS bosses said the problem was being tackled.
The figures have been compiled as part of an in-depth look at nursing by the BBC. More than 10% of the nursing workforce have left NHS employment in each of the past three years; the number of leavers would be enough to staff more than 20 average-sized hospital trusts; more than half of those who walked away in the last year were under the age of 40; leavers outnumbered joiners by 3,000 last year, the biggest gap over the five-year period examined by the BBC; Brexit may have had an impact -- the number of EU nurses leaving has trebled since 2012-13 to nearly 4,000 last year; the number of joiners has halved since the EU referendum -- 2,800 started NHS jobs last year; and nurses are being pulled off research work, special projects and admin roles to plug the gaps.
Other parts of the UK are also experiencing problems retaining nurses.
In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the leaver rates are rising. In the most recent years, 7.5 per cent of nurses left NHS employment in Northern Ireland and 7.2 per cent did so in Scotland. But in both nations, the number of joiners outnumbered leavers.
In Wales there were more leavers than joiners, according to Freedom of Information reports. UNI
More than 33,000 walked away last year, piling pressure on understaffed hospital wards and community services, the news report said.
The figures -- provided to the BBC by NHS Digital -- represent a rise of 20 per cent since 2012-13, and mean there are now more leavers than joiners.
Nurse leaders said it was a "dangerous and downward spiral", but NHS bosses said the problem was being tackled.
The figures have been compiled as part of an in-depth look at nursing by the BBC. More than 10% of the nursing workforce have left NHS employment in each of the past three years; the number of leavers would be enough to staff more than 20 average-sized hospital trusts; more than half of those who walked away in the last year were under the age of 40; leavers outnumbered joiners by 3,000 last year, the biggest gap over the five-year period examined by the BBC; Brexit may have had an impact -- the number of EU nurses leaving has trebled since 2012-13 to nearly 4,000 last year; the number of joiners has halved since the EU referendum -- 2,800 started NHS jobs last year; and nurses are being pulled off research work, special projects and admin roles to plug the gaps.
Other parts of the UK are also experiencing problems retaining nurses.
In Northern Ireland and Scotland, the leaver rates are rising. In the most recent years, 7.5 per cent of nurses left NHS employment in Northern Ireland and 7.2 per cent did so in Scotland. But in both nations, the number of joiners outnumbered leavers.
In Wales there were more leavers than joiners, according to Freedom of Information reports. UNI
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