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Research into impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on NHS staff retention

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The University of Bath invites EEAST staff to take part in a survey of employee views on the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on NHS staff retention.

Understanding reasons why staff leave NHS employment and what would motivate / enable them stay is a key issue for NHS employees and NHS employers.

This is our third survey on staff retention since December 2020 (a fourth is planned for autumn 2022).  

The aim of repeating the survey every 6 months is to monitor what has changed and what has not; what has improved or possibly got worse since the emergence of COVID-19 in terms impacts on staff and their disposition to stay or leave NHS employment.

 

If you participated in our surveys in 2021, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking part, but also ask if you would participate again in this wave, as it is important to understand if issues and views have changed. 

If you have not completed the survey previously, this is an opportunity to add your views to those already gathered on this key issue.

 

The survey takes 12-15 minutes to complete. 

 

Your participation is:

  • Voluntary - you are under no obligation to take part.
  • Anonymous – you will not be asked to record your name; none of the information you provide will be passed to your Manager, Trust or any other third party in a way that allows you to be identified.

Representatives of NHS England and NHS Improvement have contributed to the survey content. It is hosted by YouGov, an independent internet-based data analytics organisation.

 

This survey has received research ethics approval from the University of Bath, Dept of Psychology (PREC 21-027), NHS Research & Development Review bodies and HRA (21/HRA/0902).

 

If you would like to take part, please click on the link YouGov and it will take to you the survey.

If clicking on the link doesn’t take you to the survey - cut and paste the URL into your web browser. https://yougov.com/employeesurvey/EEAS

If you wish to ask any questions before taking the survey, please contact Dr Andrew Weyman, aw290@bath.ac.uk

Published 31st May 2022