Impact of External Factors(Brexit and Covid-19) on Retention and Turnover in the NHS

NCT ID: NCT05276427

Last Updated: 2022-03-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2023-08-31

Brief Summary

Problems with retention and staff turnover in the health sectors of many western countries have a long history and have thus attracted research attention over the years. The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK) is not immune to this problem as it is reported that the NHS as an organisation is struggling to meet staffing demands particularly with its nursing and medical workforce. One of the ways to tackle this problem has been to recruit staffs from European union countries. With the exit of UK from the EU, there are concerns on the this departure on staffing. While the UK was still coming to terms with BREXIT and its effect on the NHS, the current COVID 19 pandemic struck and has intensified workload and demands on the health sector, particularly the NHS. As a result of this, many NHS employees believe more should be done to show they are valued and appreciated for all their hard work. Turnover is already high among clinical occupations in the NHS as people leave for various reasons. It is therefore important to study the combined effect of these external factors (BREXIT and COVID 19) on turnover and retention in the NHS Grampian. It is hoped that this study will be beneficial to NHS Grampian management and policy makers as it will aid early identification of intention to leave and possibly enhance staff retention. The study will be carried out in Scotland and will be limited to NHS Grampian. Nurses and consultants who have been in employed in NHS Grampian prior to BREXIT and COVID 19 will be invited participate. Participants will voluntarily take part in a semi structured interview which may last for about 45 to 60 minutes. The project is self-funded for the award of a PhD in management studies.

Conditions

Impact of BREXIT & COVID 19 on Retention and Turnover on NHS

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Non clinical procedure

Completion of consent form and interview session

Non Clinical procedure

Intervention Type: OTHER

Non clinical procedure- Informed consent completion and interview session

Interventions

Non Clinical procedure

Non clinical procedure- Informed consent completion and interview session

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be employed in NHS Grampian prior to January 2020.
• Must be a Nurse or Consultant

Exclusion Criteria

• Limited to Nurses and Consultants.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

NHS Grampian

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Donald Hislop

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Aberdeen

Locations

Research and governance team

Aberdeen, , United Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

Central Contacts

Olasunkanmi Temitope Osofero, PhD

Role: CONTACT

o.osofero.20@abdn.ac.uk

Donald Hislop

Role: CONTACT

donald.hislop@abdn.ac.uk

44-797-291-1348

Facility Contacts

Louise KIng

Role: primary

01224437220

Role: backup

01224437220

Other Identifiers

2-083-21

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id