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WQ.23/2020

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD BY DEPUTY K.G. PAMPLIN OF ST. SAVIOUR

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 21st JANUARY 2020

Question

Will the Minister advise how many healthcare professionals have, over the past two years –

  1. resigned;
  2. retired;
  3. gone on secondment;
  4. otherwise been let go from their employment; or
  5. seen their role merged with another?

Answer

The data shown below covers the date period 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2019:

  1. Resigned[1]: 124 (11.5%)
  2. Retired: 26 (2.4%)
  3. Gone on Secondment: 13
  4. Otherwise been let go from their employment (We've identified this as anyone having left in the date periods provided above): 16 (1.5%) (excludes any figures provided above)
  5. We are unable to provide the data to respond to this.

The attrition rate (turnover) for this group of staff is 15.4% (the current median turnover rate in the UK for 2018 (captured through the Xpert HR 2019 survey) is 18.8%)

This includes the following classifications of Healthcare Professional:

Nurses and Midwives

Allied Health Professionals

Adult Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Residential Child Care Officers

Dental Officers