Published Date:
30 June 2008
Staff turnover at the trust running Hemel Hempstead Hospital is the highest 'since records began'.
The proportion of staff leaving West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust stands at 15.5 per cent and uncertainty about the future is being blamed for the situation.
Sarah Childerstone, director of workforce, told a board meeting: "The turnover rate has been increasing.
"It has gone up over the last year and is now at the highest level since records began.
"Undoubtedly that will be because staff are concerned about the future."
But she added: "Similar organisations have similar levels of turnover."
She also said there had been a 'dramatic reduction' in long-term sickness rates.
Hemel Hempstead Hospital is being scaled down and is expected to be left with a minor injuries unit instead of A&E, diagnostic facilities and outpatients department.
A GP 'polyclinic' is also planned for the site.
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Last Updated:
07 July 2008 12:36 PM
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Location:
Hemel Hempstead
