'It just gives me so much more flexibility and made family life easier, not juggling shifts and childcare.' A nurse from Londonderry explains her reasons for leaving the NHS to work in the private sector
A Londonderry nurse has described how leaving the NHS for the private sector in 2020 has been "life-changing".
The 40-year-old said that although she loved her profession, it had become unconducive to family life.nurses in NI, England and Wales prepare to strike over pay in what is set to be their biggest walkout in the NHS's historyMs Mullan began working in Altnagelvin Hospital in 2006 and stressed that she "adored" her job in the early years.
But in more recent times, the mother-of-three found nursing to be an increasingly pressurised profession that was not conducive to family life and she often found it difficult to unwind on days off. "He was able to accommodate my family life. He offered me shifts that worked around my children and their needs," she added.
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