NHS faces doctor exodus after pressure of Covid pandemic, survey finds
Here we see the downside of the recovery. In rural settings the recruitment and retention of health and care workers is at its most pronouncedly challenging and this leaves me with a sense of foreboding for the future. This story tells us:
A British Medical Association (BMA) survey found just over a fifth (21 per cent) of doctors working in the health service said they might leave within the next year.
Meanwhile, half said they plan to work fewer hours and a quarter said they are “more likely” to take a career break once the pandemic has fully subsided.
Workload and the inability to take proper breaks were the main reasons many doctors had thought about leaving the NHS.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) council, described it as a “deeply worrying” situation involving the potential departure of “talented, experienced professionals who the NHS needs more than ever to pull this country out of a once-in-a-generation health crisis”.