Nurses quitting: how intolerable pressures are now taking a toll

To what extent is burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic pushing nurses to quit the profession and what are the likely implications for the UK workforce?

Already surveys are highlighting concerns about negative psychological effects of the pandemic – notably stress, burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder – on the UK nursing workforce.

Now another, published by the RCN , shows nursing staff in the UK are still being asked to keep going in the face of intolerable pressure.

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Evidence is also emerging that damaging experiences during the pandemic have increased the likelihood of some nurses leaving the UK register.