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Should I Stay or Should I Go: Research 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 NHS staff retention.

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

This is the fourth survey since December 2020. Repeating the survey is important as the results will show whether staff working conditions, health, and well-being, are improving or not.

  • If you completed an earlier survey, we thank you, but also ask if you would complete the current survey, so we can understand if views have changed.
  • If you have not completed the survey previously, this is an opportunity to contribute your views.

 

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 in terms of impacts on staff and their disposition to stay or leave NHS employment.

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.

The survey is hosted by YouGov, an independent internet-based data analytics organisation. It 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 here and it will take to you the survey

If clicking on the above link does not take you to the survey - cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: https://start.yougov.com/refer/v0vZwHXpp4Y7D5

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

Published 5th April 2023