After months, in fact nearly two years of relentless challenges, there are initial signs of recovery for the crisis-stricken NHS. The number of healthcare job applications have strengthened since September, coinciding with a 4% dip in the number of new jobs listed since September narrowing what had been a widening gap between jobs and available candidates. Are we looking at the first signs of the beginning of the end of a candidate short market in healthcare? To add clarity, recruitment software business, Occupop has revealed their annual healthcare recruitment report.
With mandated vaccines and tough working environments, the NHS has struggled with staff exodus and slow recruitment. However, contrary to expectation, September saw the highest number of applications for months, and that has continued into October and November, prompting belief that things might finally be looking up.
Thankfully, there are silver linings amidst what might seem a hopeless scenario, as Occupop have seen uplift in applications in some areas of the healthcare sector.
Commenting on the situation, Co-Founder of Occupop, David Banaghan said;
“Healthcare has been one of the hardest hit, and uniquely challenged sectors over the past year, facing a pandemic-induced crisis which has taken a heavy toll on the medical work-force. But there are silver linings – young people have seen the heroism of the NHS during an extraordinary time, and this has manifested itself in an increase in applications for the likes of nursing college, and a 21% increase in UCAS applications for medical degrees.”
