The news comes amid widespread discontent over pay, working conditions, and rising workloads.
Health and social care workers have been ranked among the unhappiest of all professions.
According to research undertaken by tech firm Reboot Online, health and social care workers are both in the bottom 10 industries for overall job happiness.
The news comes amid widespread discontent over pay and working conditions across the sector.
Since 2008, the average frontline nurse has watched their pay fall in real terms by up to a quarter and the number of unfilled jobs has risen to an astonishing nearly 50,000.
Researchers questioned 2,500 professionals across 29 different industries and found that social care workers ranked as the fifth unhappiest sector, with healthcare workers being marginally happier in ninth place.
The science and pharmaceutical industry was ranked the happiest followed shortly by those working in creative arts, charity work and PR.
Totally unsurprising.
Responding to the figures, grassroots group Nurses United UK said the results were “totally unsurprising”
Lead organiser, Anthony Johnson explained, “We all know that health and care workers got into this sector to make a difference to people’s lives.
“Everyone from the politicians in Westminster to the nurses on the frontline know that this is no longer possible.
“Our NHS is being privatised, our workforce is being attacked and underfunded, and we are constantly told we have to do more with less.
“We enter nursing to make a difference and can’t tolerate these conditions anymore. This is the reason why we are seeing colleagues stand up and say ‘enough is enough’.”
Shai Aharony, the CEO of Reboot Online added the key was to build an “employee-first workplace culture” and not “continually overwhelm” staff with work.
