How to improve hospital employees’ health and well-being: a staff consultation

Wendy Lawrence; Jasmine Hine; Daniella Watson; Julia Smedley; Karen Walker-Bone

doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08621-y

How to improve hospital employees’ health and well-being: a staff consultation

Wendy Lawrence, Jasmine Hine, Daniella Watson, Julia Smedley, Karen Walker-Bone

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Objective: Explore perspectives from healthcare workers in a large public hospital (11,000 staff) on employers supporting their health and well-being. Methods: Heads of departments/services were invited to convene focus groups, facilitated by a moderator using a semi-structured discussion guide. Results: Over 450 members of staff participated in 28 focus groups. Themes identified were: 1)unique nature of working in a large hospital, 2)hospital management agenda and relationship with staff, 3)working environment, and 4)staff health and well-being initiatives. Conclusions: Optimal uptake of health-promoting initiatives was hindered in part due to lack of staff awareness and a range of barriers. Key requirements for improving staff health were perceived to be sufficient staffing, time and space to work safely and comfortably. Engaging with staff to hear their views, build trust and identify their needs is an essential first step.

Original language	English
Article number	1488
Number of pages	10
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08621-y
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Focus groups
Health and well-being initiative
Healthcare workers
Occupational health
Public hospital
Qualitative

UN SDGs

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