Discrimination, feeling undervalued, and health-care workforce attrition: an analysis from the UK-REACH study

<p>There are increasing concerns about health-care staff leaving the National Health Service (NHS) workforce, and the substantial adverse knock-on effects that attrition has for patient care, which the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have exacerbated. In July, 2022, a report by the UK Health and Social Care Committee stated that “The NHS and the social care sector are facing the greatest workforce crisis in their history”,<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067362301365X?via=ihub#bib1" target="_blank">1</a> with estimated shortages of 12 000 hospital doctors and more than 50 000 nurses and midwives,<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067362301365X?via=ihub#bib1" target="_blank">1</a> while demand for services increases and waiting lists grow. </p>