Qureshi, Irtiza;
Chaloner, Jonathan;
Gogoi, Mayuri;
Al-Oraibi, Amani;
Wobi, Fatimah;
Reilly, Holly;
Medisauskaite, Asta;
... Nellums, Laura; + view all
(2023)
Caring for Those Who Take Care of Others: Developing Systemic and Sustainable Mental Health Support for the Diverse Healthcare Workforce in the United Kingdom.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
, 20
(4)
, Article 3242. 10.3390/ijerph20043242.
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Abstract
Pressures such as high workload, stretched resources, and financial stress are resulting in healthcare workers experiencing high rates of mental health conditions, high suicide rates, high rates of staff absences from work, and high vacancy rates for certain healthcare professions. All of these factors point to the fact that a systematic and sustainable approach to mental health support at different levels and in different ways is more important than ever. In response, we present a holistic analysis of the mental health and wellbeing needs of healthcare workers across the United Kingdom healthcare ecosystem. We recommend that healthcare organisations should consider the specific circumstances of these staff and develop strategies to counter the negative impact of these factors and help safeguard the mental health of their staff.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Caring for Those Who Take Care of Others: Developing Systemic and Sustainable Mental Health Support for the Diverse Healthcare Workforce in the United Kingdom |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20043242 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043242 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 by the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
| Keywords: | workforce; mental health; intervention; occupational health; organizational policy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165595 |
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