Hundreds of NHS workers at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust resigned from their posts

By Marieta Marinova, Data Reporter
Published 13th Jul 2023, 09:42 BST
File photo dated 18/01/23 of a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. A combination of a lack of midwives, increasing obesity levels and women having babies when they are older, is putting pressure on maternity care, according to a new report from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Issue date: Wednesday July 12, 2023.File photo dated 18/01/23 of a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. A combination of a lack of midwives, increasing obesity levels and women having babies when they are older, is putting pressure on maternity care, according to a new report from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Issue date: Wednesday July 12, 2023.
File photo dated 18/01/23 of a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. A combination of a lack of midwives, increasing obesity levels and women having babies when they are older, is putting pressure on maternity care, according to a new report from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Issue date: Wednesday July 12, 2023.
More NHS workers resigned from Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust between 2022-23 than in previous years, new figures show.

More NHS workers resigned from Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust between 2022-23 than in previous years, new figures show.

Experts suggest the aftermath of the pandemic, and an increase in people taking deferred retirement may be contributing to the rise.

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NHS Digital figures show around 665 people resigned from their posts at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, with 175 nurses and health visitors choosing to leave their jobs in the year to March.

In total, approximately 930 staff members left their jobs in 2022-23, a 34% increase on the 695 who left in 2020-21, during the height of the pandemic.

The figures cover medical and administration staff and are rounded to the nearest five. A resignation does not necessarily mean the staff member has left the NHS altogether, as the numbers also include any promotions and relocations.