Responding to a survey from NHS Providers showing NHS staff are being forced to leave for better paid jobs in shops and hospitality, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said:
“When half of the NHS needs to open food banks for its own staff, ministers’ heads should be hanging in shame.
“This long list from the heart of the NHS shows what’s really happening to our nation’s greatest asset and the hard working staff inside it.
“Tens of thousands of nurses are driven out by this treatment and patients pay the price. In less than a week, our members will begin voting for strike action and saying to government that enough really is enough.”
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