Expectations and experiences of newly recruited Filipino nurses. Growing numbers of NHS nurses quit within three years, study finds. Gruelling 12-hour shifts, exhaustion and burnout are leading growing numbers of nurses to quit the NHS within three years of joining, new research reveals.
Stress, lack of access to food and drink while at work, and the relentless demands of caring for patients are also key factors in the exodus, the King’s Fund thinktank found. The NHS must make it an urgent priority to tackle the worryingly poor working conditions nurses and midwives face in many hospitals or face worsening workforce shortages, it said. “Staff stress, absenteeism and turnover in the professions have reached alarmingly high levels,” the thinktank said after investigating the working conditions faced by NHS nurses and midwives. “This has been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has laid bare and exacerbated longer-term issues including chronic excessive workload, inadequate working conditions, staff burnout and inequalities, particularly among minority ethnic groups.” Boris Johnson's pledge to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses is in doubt. Why are a disproportionate number of Filipino healthcare workers dying of coronavirus?
No one is sure why Filipino healthcare workers appear to be so vulnerable to coronavirus, but the figures are stark and wildly disproportionate.
Out of a total NHS workforce of around one and a half million, 18,000 are Filipino. However, out of the 126 health and social care workers who have died after testing positive for the virus, 26 have been of Filipino descent. Marissa Weaver’s niece Leilani Medel was a nurse in South Wales who died after contracting coronavirus earlier this month. She is a care worker herself and says there are two factors at play. Inadequate supplies of PPE, and a reluctance among Filipino workers to speak up about the lack of equipment because they fear being reprimanded or even losing their job. Boris Johnson's pledge to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses is in doubt. Coronavirus: Up to 25 Filipinos among healthcare workers to die from COVID-19 in UK. Up to 25 Filipino healthcare workers have died from COVID-19 in the UK, the deputy Philippine ambassador to the UK has told Sky News.
The number of deaths make up 19% of the more than 100 health and social care workers believed to have died on the frontline, according to Nursing Notes, a medical site which tracks NHS staff deaths. An estimated 19,000 health care professionals of Philippine heritage are working in the NHS. Of them 13,000 are nurses. "I think it is a safe assumption that part of the reason a lot of our healthcare workers are being hit is because they are being given inadequate personal protective equipment," said Senen T Mangalile, who also serves as consul general at the Philippine embassy. "The embassy and I are very concerned about this which is why we raised the issue with the Foreign Office.
"The third issue we also raised is when they are feeling unwell they were being urged to stay at home. " Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Current Time 0:00. High death rates among Filipino nurses in UK now on global radar. The high death rate among Filipino nurses in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic is a concern that is now being discussed at an international level.
Earlier this week a Public Health England review revealed that the proportion of Covid-19 infections in the nursing workforce was highest among Asian ethnic groups and that the risk of dying from the virus was higher in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups than in white ethnic groups. Even before the results of the review were published, concerns were raised about a disproportionate number of deaths among Filipino health and care workers in the UK, with some estimates placing the figure at nearly 50. In an interview with Nursing Times, International Council of Nurses chief executive Howard Catton today said the matter had caught the attention of nursing leaders in the Philippines who had contacted the ICN to share their concerns.
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