Tired of being exhausted: seven key actions for leaders in the NHS workforce crisis

Tired of being exhausted: seven key actions for leaders in the NHS workforce crisis ‘I’m exhausted from being exhausted...’ is the harrowing expression of weary, depleted staff across the NHS and in social care.  

We know the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on staff in health and social care, but even before the pandemic, these sectors were facing the biggest staffing crisis since the introduction of the welfare state in 1948. High levels of vacancies, sickness absence, staff turnover and stress were typical with damaging consequences for staff health, which puts patient and service-user safety and quality of care at risk, and undermines organisational performance. The King's Fund