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Quality and Outcomes Framework on staff wellbeing
NHS staff wellbeing has already been weaponised
BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1128 (Published 18 May 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:p1128
- Douglas Kohler, specialty trainee year 4
- Buckinghamshire Community Learning Disability Team, Aylesbury, UK
- douglas.kohler{at}nhs.net
Salisbury’s concerns about the staff wellbeing quality outcomes framework are generalisable across the NHS.1
Surveys have shown that 78% of junior doctors have felt unwell because of workplace stress, with 39% experiencing burnout. Pay, understaffing, and a lack of breaks and rest facilities are cited as factors.2 Recognition of the problem is improving, and many employers and deaneries now provide wellbeing programmes. While research …
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