In the first of our case study mini series, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust share how they reduced sickness absence and presenteeism at work.
The trust placed staff health and wellbeing at the centre of their strategy by implementing core services and additional interventions staff can call upon.
The survey report, UK working lives: in search of job quality considers seven key dimensions of job quality and focuses on policy and practice actions that aim to improve working lives. It acknowledges the importance of promoting good mental health and improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce.
The Point of Care Foundation today publishes a new briefing, highlighting that NHS staff have become the shock absorbers of an NHS under chronic strain.
There is a growing evidence base for the links between improved staff wellbeing and positive patient outcomes. (West et al 2011). The experiences of staff are associated with the quality of care provided to patients and of particular note is the proposal that staff wellbeing is an antecedent of good patient experience (Maben et al 2012). We were keen to introduce staff to a preventative, early intervention in order to work in a more ‘upstream’ way to improve resilience and reduce the likelihood of stress and burnout, hoping to reduce the likelihood of absence and presenteeism, i.e. being at work but not well with negative implications for performance and patient care.
7 pages articles on the loose theme of wellbeing at work, on topics such as promoting mental health in the workplace, appreciating diversity among workers (including those with mental health issues or autism) etc. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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