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

Numbers leaving within 10 years of registering rose by 43% between 2021 to 2024, finds Royal College of Nursing

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.