Concerns for NHS staff and patients as cost of living pressures hit health services Nurses are skipping meals to feed and clothe their children, and staff are finding it hard to make the journey to work due to rising living costs a new survey reveals.
Every trust which responded reported concerns about the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of staff as a result of the cost of living.
One trust leader said: "For some staff this is the final straw psychologically after two years of COVID-19."
Food banks and debt counselling are among ways trusts are helping staff to cope with financial hardship. NHS Providers
See also:
- Rising living costs: the impact on NHS, staff and patients (survey results) NHS Providers
- NHS nurses not eating at work in order to feed their children, survey finds The Guardian
- NHS staff quitting for private sector jobs as cost of living crisis intensifies, leaders warn The Independent
- NHS staff ‘leaving for better paid jobs in retail’ with staff sickness due to mental health rising ITV News
- Cost-of-living crisis: Nurses leaving for better-paid jobs in shops because 'they can't afford to work for NHS' Sky News
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