Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raised this issue previously when the HSE came before the committee and I am still not happy with the reply. A comprehensive survey of people who are leaving, in other words analysing and finding out the various reasons they are leaving, is not done. My understanding is that in some places surveys are being done and in others they are not. Can we not set up a comprehensive survey so we can learn from it, whereby when people are leaving they fill out a survey? Obviously it would be anonymous. It would then be available to see what changes need to be brought about to assist management in dealing with the number of staff leaving. Over the past 12 months, quite a number of staff have left but over the next 12 months it will be an even bigger challenge.