Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA hundred thousand nurses could quit the NHS as a pay row rages with the Government, a report revealed today. The findings of an online IPPR/YouGov poll of 1,006 healthcare professionals in mid-February suggested 8,000 midwives and 100,000 nurses were at risk of departing. It came as ministers face mounting demands to boost their offer of an “insulting” 1% hike for NHS workers – which is a real-terms cut if inflation reaches expected levels of up to 1.8%. “Proper mental and psychological support services need to be made available to all nursing staff. “Failing to act on all of the warning signs will make recovery of the NHS a challenge that will place patient care at risk.”

Source: Daily Mirror March 30, 2021 17:30 UTC