81 NURSES A WEEK LEAVE OVER STRESS

Figure is nearly 4 times higher than 10 years ago

- MIKEY SMITH

STRESSED nurses are quitting at the rate of 81 every week.

Last year, 4,231 left the NHS because of the demands of their job – nearly four times as many as 10 years ago.

The shocking figures emerged as nurses are about to vote on further crippling strike action in England.

Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, told us: “Poor work-life balance is a core reason why so many of my valued colleagues have walked out of the NHS, most likely never to come back.