This is a secondary driver for the Essentials of Safe Care “Leadership at all levels to support a culture of safety”
Change ideas
- Practitioner: Local processes to celebrate success
- Team: Access to regular senior support, focused on wellbeing, job satisfaction and professional development
- Organisation: Process to invite, listen to and act on the experiences, questions and ideas of staff, people, carers and families to improve care
Tools and resources
- Maben J, Ball J, Edmondson AC. Workplace Conditions. Cambridge University Press; 2023.
- National Wellbeing Hub. [Online].
- Point of Care Foundation. Schwartz Rounds.[Online].
Evidence and further reading
- Cohen C, Pignata S, Bezak E, Tie M & Childs J. Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023;13:e071203. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071203
- Maben J, Taylor C, Reynolds E, McCarthy I, Leamy M. Realist evaluation of Schwartz Rounds® for enhancing the delivery of compassionate healthcare: understanding how they work, for whom, and in what contexts. BMC Health Serv Res.2021;21:709.
- West M, Coia D. Caring for Doctors, Caring for Patients [Online]. London: General Medical Council;2019.