A new report has indicated that recent government pay rise announcements have helped healthcare employers to retain their staff.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), using data provided by Broadbean, shows that there was a 48% month-on-month fall in application numbers, suggesting that healthcare workers are staying in their roles.
Ann Swain, Global CEO, APSCo, commented on the findings, “While it’s no secret that the healthcare sector has faced skills shortages for some time now, the fall in applications that we saw in July isn’t perhaps the negative issue we might initially believe.
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Email Jaime“With the public sector pay rises announced last month, this fall in people looking to move jobs is indicative of an uptick in staff retention. However, that doesn’t change the fact that healthcare simply doesn’t have access to enough skills.
“Retaining workers is only one-half of the issue. Attracting staff is also critically important and if the level of demand that we’re seeing in the UK is to be met, we need to have globally viable access to resources.”
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