Healthcare workers are unproductive and at breaking point due to staff shortages and overwork. Clinician fatigue is well documented, leading to increases in accidents and affecting patient care. Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals all suffer from fatigue, and this has impact on their own wellbeing as well as the patients they care for.
High profile cases have highlighted the risks of post-shift road traffic accidents due to fatigue. Sustained fatigue is also blamed for poor staff morale and wellbeing, leading to burnout. FRMSc are supporting the UK NHS in their #fightfatigue campaign to raise awareness of the effects of occupational fatigue and how it can be addressed.
We can help organisations implement proactive fatigue risk management processes that benefit patient safety.
Our expertise can support healthcare organisations to implement FRMS using best practice from other safety-critical industries.
Our solutions can help organisations understand their fatigue risk, enabling board-level consideration of risk to staff and operations.
Our fatigue risk experts provide guidance on managing the risk of becoming fatigued, its consequences and tools that predict fatigue levels and risks of operational incidents.
Learn from our 40+ years of research and operational experience of managing fatigue and implementing systems from a scientific and a best practice perspective to ensure fatigue risk awareness is fully considered and addressed.
Take practical steps to identify and manage your healthcare worker fatigue, demonstrate care for staff and patients welfare and reduce the risk of incidents occurring.
Sleep deprivation is more than just feeling tired; it can significantly impact your emotional wellbeing and cardiovascular health. Recent studies reveal that strategic behaviours, like on-shift napping and weekend sleep recovery, can mitigate these risks.
In the fast-paced world of health and social care, managing fatigue is crucial for the safety and wellbeing of our workforce. Fatigue not only increases error rates in patient care but also jeopardises post-shift driving safety and decision-making.
