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Understaffing 'leaving NHS nurses broken'

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

November 17, 2025

WORKING in an understaffed NHS is leaving nurses sick and “broken”, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

A poll for the union and professional body found workforce shortages are causing nightmares and panic attacks, while nurses feel forced to keep working when they are ill.

Official NHS figures for June - the most recent available - show the overall sickness absence rate for NHS staff in England was 4.9%, around one in 20 members of staff.

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