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Improving the recruitment and return of nurses and allied health professionals: a quantitative study
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posted on 2007-02-27, 17:00 authored by Crispin Coombs, John Arnold, John Loan-Clarke, Adrian Wilkinson, Jennifer Park, Diane PrestonThe United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) is continuing to experience
recruitment and retention problems of nursing and allied health profession staff.
Consequently, the need to study and understand the key factors that encourage or
dissuade people to work for the NHS remains a major research and policy issue. This
study provides well-focused, independent research to explore how the NHS can be made
more attractive for potential new recruits and possible returners. The views of potential
recruits and returners interested in working for the NHS as either a qualified nurse,
physiotherapist or radiographer were explored through a postal questionnaire survey
which achieved a response rate of 23%. Analysis of the results indicate that the strongest
predictor of intention to work for the NHS in one of the three professions was the attitude
held by respondents. These attitudes in turn were most influenced by the extent to which
people perceived that NHS work as a qualified nurse, physiotherapist or radiographer
offered positive features, i.e. rewarding career, teamwork and a chance to help people and
to get to know them. The views of family and friends regarding working for the NHS were
also important as was the belief in one’s ability to secure an NHS job.
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COOMBS, C. ... et al, 2007. Improving the recruitment and return of nurses and allied health professionals: a quantitative study. Health Services Management Research, 20, pp. 22-36Publisher
© Royal Society of MedicinePublication date
2007Notes
This is Restricted Access. This article was published in the journal, Health Services Management Research [© Royal Society of Medicine] and is available at: http://www.rsmpress.co.uk/hsmr.htm.Language
- en