Leaving reasons of domiciliary care staff in England 2021

In 2021, staff retention was challenging for home care providers in England. According to this survey conducted from September to October 2021, the main reasons for challenging staff retention stated by domiciliary care providers were the better pay, conditions, and the feelings of burn out and stress. In this survey, roughly 30 percent of responding home care providers believed that the better remuneration elsewhere outside of the care sector was the main reason for challenging staff retention.

Why is staff retention challenging according to domiciliary care providers in England?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Better pay elsewhere outside of care sector	29.1%
Better hours/working conditions elsewhere outside of care sector	11.5%
Feeling burnt out/stress	10.2%
Better conditions/working hours elsewhere	9.2%
Better pay elsewhere within care sector	8.1%
Less pressurised role	6.3%
Do not wish to be vaccinated	4.4%
Other	4.3%
Outside work commitments	4%
Better hours/working conditions elsewhere within care sector	3.1%
Covid related stress/trauma	2.8%
Don't know	2.3%

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

September 13 to October 14, 2021

Number of respondents

8,941 respondents

Special properties

Adult social care settings

Supplementary notes

This statistic only shows the ten biggest reasons.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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