Claim: The number of staff who quit the NHS citing work-life balance stood at 27,546 in 2022.
Fact-check: NHS data doesn't show 27,000 quit the health service for work-life balance reasons - Full Fact
Verdict: the data doesn't support this. while the latest nhs digital data shows that this many staff left nhs roles in england in 2022 citing work-life balance as a reason for leaving, it does not tell us whether they quit the health service altogether or went on to a new nhs role.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-07-07T00:00:00