Record number of nurses quitting the NHS in England

Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, figures show. More than 40,000 have walked away from the NHS in the past year - one in nine of the workforce, an analysis by a health think tank revealed. It said many of these were often highly skilled and knowledgeable nurses with years more of work left to give. The high number of leavers is nearly cancelling out the rise in new joiners that has been seen.