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Our research and commentary on NHS staffing seeks to understand and explain the the wide range of factors affecting the workforce across specialties and staff groups, and to provide ways forward for dealing with the crisis in recruitment and retention – arguably the biggest issue currently affecting our health system.

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Latest work on this topic

Past, present and future of NHS nurse numbers

Chart of the week
  • 30/11/2023
  • Lucina Rolewicz

Waste not, want not: Strategies to improve the supply of clinical staff to the NHS

Report
  • 28/09/2023
  • Billy Palmer | Lucina Rolewicz | Emma Dodsworth

Friday FAQs: Thea Stein

Blog post
  • 22/09/2023
  • Thea Stein

Key work on this topic

Peak leaving? A spotlight on nurse leaver rates in the UK

Explainer
  • 30/09/2022
  • Billy Palmer | Lucina Rolewicz

Deal or no deal: understanding the effect of the NHS pay settlement on earnings

Blog post
  • 26/08/2022
  • Billy Palmer | Lucina Rolewicz

Attracting, supporting and retaining a diverse NHS workforce

Report
  • 08/11/2021
  • Nina Hemmings | Helen Buckingham | Camille Oung | Billy Palmer

Chart of the week: Pay has fallen in real terms for most NHS staff groups since 2010

Chart of the week
  • 16/12/2022
  • Lucina Rolewicz | Mark Dayan | Billy Palmer

The long goodbye? Exploring rates of staff leaving the NHS and social care

Explainer
  • 09/02/2022
  • Billy Palmer | Lucina Rolewicz
NHS staffing numbers

NHS staffing tracker

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Solving the workforce burnout crisis

Prof Kevin Fong descibes the immense and long-lasting strain that Covid-19 has placed on NHS staff, adding further pressure to a workforce that was already experiencing growing levels of stress. Interview at Nuffield Trust Summit 2023.

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