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NHS workforce intelligence
Research built on exit and new-starter data from NHS trusts in acute, mental health and community settings. For the pieces that apply to every sector, go back to the main library.
Why people leave
What leavers say on the way out, what was avoidable, and what to do about it.
Disappointed advocates: what a year of NHS leavers told us
A year of NHS exit questionnaires: 56% left happy, 44% dissatisfied — and half of the unhappy leavers would consider coming back.
4 min readResearchWho is leaving the NHS, and from which roles
One trust-wide leaver figure hides several different stories. Split by staff group, NHS exit data points to different reasons and different fixes.
6 min readResearchWould they come back? The returner opportunity in NHS exit data
Half of unhappy NHS leavers would consider coming back, and in our 2020 benchmark most of those moving jobs went to another NHS employer. In our experience, few trusts ask them.
5 min readResearchNursing and midwifery in the NHS: reluctant leavers, uncertain starters
Nurses and midwives leave reluctantly, driven out by conditions rather than values – and some of their newest colleagues are already at risk.
5 min readResearchAdmin, estates and support staff: the NHS retention gap behind the clinical headlines
Retention plans tend to start with clinical staff. Exit data from admin, estates and support roles tells a story of band ceilings, restructures and feeling unseen.
5 min readGuideBuilding a returner programme in an NHS trust
Half of unhappy NHS leavers would consider coming back. Seven steps to turn that into returners, with a checklist and tracker to download.
⇩ Free download7 min readNew starters & the first year
Onboarding, early experience and the leavers you lose before they settle.
The first 90 days in the NHS: what new starters told us
74% of NHS new starters are engaged and one in five is already at risk – and the difference comes down to a few early moments a trust controls.
5 min readResearchThe early-leaver window in the NHS: which new starters are at risk, and when
Almost a third of NHS new starters do not yet know how long they will stay. Which groups are most at risk, and what they came for in the first place.
5 min readGuideWhat NHS line managers can do in a new starter's first 12 weeks
Only 71% of NHS new starters get regular feedback from their manager, and across staff groups it is the most consistent gap. A 12-week plan to close it.
⇩ Free download7 min readED&I
Equality, diversity and inclusion, measured across the whole employee lifecycle.
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