This work is about reducing the number of people leaving the medical profession.
Currently there is no nationally recognised and promoted means of meaningfully engaging with clinicians considering leaving the medical profession. This includes those planning retirement.
People leaving reduces available resource and applies pressure to the system. Resources reduced can be divided into two main categories – inherent Business as Usual resources (BaU) linked directly to clinical work and resources related to non-clinical work.
The hoped for outcome would be to prevent people leaving the profession entirely and hence retain some resource and relieve pressure on the system. The term “exit interview” is a misnomer since the need is to enter into dialogue and explore retention options prior to leaving. This is because it is probably easier to retain people rather than bring people back into the profession when their motivation, focus and personal goals have moved on.