NHS: Resignations
(asked on 11th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses, (b) health visitors and (c) hospital and community health services doctors left the NHS in England in 2021-22 broken down by reason for leaving.
The following table shows annual leavers and the reason for leaving in National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) staff groups in NHS trusts and other core organisations from 30 April 2021 to 30 April 2022, headcount.
Reason for leaving | HCHS Doctors | Nurses | Health visitors |
All reasons | 20,218 | 39,912 | 1,032 |
Bank Staff not fulfilled minimum work requirement | 17 | 12 | - |
Death in Service | 40 | 202 | 1 |
Dismissal - Capability | 15 | 194 | 14 |
Dismissal - Conduct | 22 | 132 | 1 |
Dismissal - Some Other Substantial Reason | 13 | 83 | 1 |
Dismissal - Statutory Reason | 4 | 4 | - |
Employee Transfer | 67 | 245 | 16 |
End of Fixed Term Contract | 3,741 | 324 | 4 |
End of Fixed Term Contract - Completion of Training Scheme | 779 | 21 | - |
End of Fixed Term Contract - End of Work Requirement | 188 | 77 | 2 |
End of Fixed Term Contract - External Rotation | 1,253 | 2 | - |
End of Fixed Term Contract - Other | 491 | 74 | - |
Flexi Retirement | 98 | 563 | 37 |
Has Not Worked | 9 | 12 | - |
Merged Organisation - Duplicate Record | 1 | - | - |
Mutually Agreed Resignation - Local Scheme with Repayment | - | 19 | - |
Mutually Agreed Resignation - National Scheme with Repayment | 3 | 3 | - |
Pregnancy | - | 3 | - |
Redundancy - Compulsory | 5 | 9 | - |
Redundancy - Voluntary | 5 | 30 | 1 |
Retirement - Ill Health | 43 | 272 | 9 |
Retirement Age | 1,081 | 5,697 | 281 |
Voluntary Early Retirement - no Actuarial Reduction | 51 | 359 | 16 |
Voluntary Early Retirement - with Actuarial Reduction | 54 | 202 | 4 |
Voluntary Resignation - Adult Dependants | 32 | 196 | 4 |
Voluntary Resignation - Better Reward Package | 56 | 539 | 8 |
Voluntary Resignation - Child Dependants | 34 | 387 | 14 |
Voluntary Resignation - Health | 62 | 847 | 29 |
Voluntary Resignation - Incompatible Working Relationships | 20 | 212 | 5 |
Voluntary Resignation - Lack of Opportunities | 37 | 227 | 6 |
Voluntary Resignation - Other/Not Known | 1,416 | 3,415 | 63 |
Voluntary Resignation - Promotion | 226 | 1,499 | 30 |
Voluntary Resignation - Relocation | 853 | 3,587 | 43 |
Voluntary Resignation - To undertake further education or training | 255 | 376 | 9 |
Voluntary Resignation - Work Life Balance | 380 | 4,107 | 138 |
Unknown | 8,919 | 16,052 | 297 |
Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.
Notes:
- Leavers data are based on headcount and shows staff leaving active service, this would include those going on maternity leave or career break.
- Data are calculated on an annual basis.
- Leavers records are linked to a separate Electronic Staff Record Reasons for Leaving dataset. In many instances the Reason for Leaving record has not been completed, which accounts for the Unknown records.
- Totals for NHS leavers which are different to the sum of constituent parts indicate where staff have left the NHS in more than one post.
- ' - ' denotes zero