Numbers of nurses and midwives leaving NHS highest for four years
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZBM4)
More nurses leave NHS than at any time since Covid struck, many reporting stress as their main reason
More than 27,000 nurses and midwives quit the NHS last year, with many blaming job pressures, the Covid pandemic and poor patient care for their decision.
The rise in staff leaving their posts across the UK - the first in four years - has prompted concern that frontline workers are under too much strain, especially with the NHS-wide shortage of nurses.
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