If you're looking at poaching then you have to offer something better than the NHS...the hardest things for the private sector to compete with are 'job security', final salary pension scheme, a geographically small but large employer.
There are fears of with the private sector of being shunted around the country against your will, losing a contract and being mad redundant, loss of NHS T&Cs as a safety net.
So to poach the private sector needs to offer more than the NHS does..whether in financial or job security.
Generally biomeds are not always valued in the NHS so perhaps this is an area you can value your staff????...add initiatives on top of salaries like cars, bonuses, extra CPD?
Just some thoughts
