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Staff Wellbeing Suites

We are all facing one of the biggest challenges yet as NHS workers. We know over the next few months our staff will face personal, physical and emotional challenges. Because of this we have developed Staff Wellbeing sites at Crosshouse and Ayr hospital. The wellbeing initiatives are supported by Medical Peer Support, Clinical Psychology Service, Staff Support and Chaplaincy. We aim to provide a safe space for all staff to access, where they will find a variety of facilities to support their physical and emotional wellbeing.

Wellbeing Suites are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at the following locations:

Crosshouse hospital: Maxwell Suite

Ayr Hospital: Occupational Therapy Department

Available within the Suite:

Information about your health and wellbeing

Access to Medical Peer Support

Access to Clinical Psychology

Team meeting (debrief) room

Hot / cold drinks and snacks

Meals for staff unable to go home

Quiet area

Bedroom / Restroom

Toiletries

TV

Games

Mindfulness activities / apps

Exercise bike, weights, yoga mat

Ailsa Hospital: Chaplaincy Room

(main corridor taking you out/in the back of main building)

The room has been set up to offer somewhere for staff to come to have time out, for relaxation, mindfulness or distraction. Ideally staff can have time to use the room outwith allocated break times and enjoy the calming music, environment and various items dotted around to help with distracting/relaxing themselves. There is also tea, coffee, water and biscuits provided.

The room is open 24/7 and will be manned for short periods only throughout the week.

Ayrshire Central Hospital: Training centre

A new resource offering well-being support for all North Ayrshire Health and Care Partnership staff is now up and running at the Training Centre, Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine. Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
For more information click here to view the poster
Further support is available for staff working in a community setting. Find a wellbeing hub near you:

East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Staff Wellbeing Hubs are available to anyone working in the community and are open Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm in two locations:

North Ayrshire

There are now two staff wellbeing hubs available for our community-based care at home staff in North Ayrshire.

Kilbirnie and Saltcoats library are now open from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Care at home staff are welcome to drop in before or after their shift, or indeed during their breaks.

South Ayrshire

Staff Wellbeing Hubs are available for staff from South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, and care home and care at home partners. The hubs, which will be unmanned, have been designed to provide private drop-in spaces where community staff can go on their own or to meet up with a buddy, have a cuppa and take some time to meet their needs.

Arrol Park, Therapy Building available Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm

Girvan Community Hospital, Quiet Room available Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm

Biggart Hospital, Conference Room Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm

Ayrshire and Arran Staff & Volunteer Listening and Support Service

The Staff & Volunteer Listening and Support Service is open to all NHS, health and social care partnership staff, third sector providers, commissioned services, care home staff, NHS 24, Scottish Ambulance Service and volunteers working within the sector across Ayrshire and Arran.

The service is available seven days a week from 10am until 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am until 6pm Saturday and Sunday.

To contact the listening and support service, call 01563 826430
Alternatively, during COVID-19, you can also contact Staff Care team on 07824 596511 from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and from 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.
The staff at NHS Ayrshire & Arran are grateful to NHS Charities Together for the grants received which have helped to establish and maintain the wellbeing hubs.

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Shielding, home working and new ways of working

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Shielding, home working and new ways of working

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Dawn Matthews from Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust shares her experience of shielding and working from home during the pandemic.

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Recovery Rooms introduced at Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale hospitals to support staff wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic

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RECOVERY rooms, sometimes called 'wobble rooms,' have been launched by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA), to support staff health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The recovery rooms are one of a number of different health and wellbeing initiatives currently operating at the four hospitals and community services run by the NCA, which brings together the Salford Royal and Pennine Acute Trusts.

Nicky Clarke, Chief of People at the NCA said:

"Our safe haven recovery rooms are spaces for our staff to rest, regroup and recuperate for a short while away from the demands of front line pressures. We encourage our staff to help each other while in the recovery rooms, be that listening to one another or providing encouragement and support to one another.

"This might be the first time our staff have experienced such a demanding working situation and people cope in different ways. When one person might cry and want to chat, another might want to sit and contemplate, and either is fine, these are safe spaces, which our staff love."

Other initiatives introduced by the NCA to support mental health, health and wellbeing include a very well received NCA Family send a letter home scheme. Staff can download a letter from the organisation's Chief Executive thanking their kids for supporting their parents, our staff, through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NCA Twitter account has been inundated with touching images of staff and children embracing with copies of their letters in hand.

Others include helplines for mental health, bereavement, general support and advice, as well as home workout programmes and self-help information.

There are also shower blocks that have been set up so that staff can shower before returning home, and free water bottles and free meals to keep our staff hydrated and energised throughout their time at work.

The recovery rooms are open to all staff, including those working in the community, not just those on the front line, and they offer a calm space where staff can come and sit in silence or talk to others and share their personal thoughts and feelings.

These safe spaces are rooms where staff can go to have a well-deserved and much needed break away from the frontline fighting COVID-19; to have a cup of coffee or a soft drink, a sit down to read a magazine.

They are also home to some of the kind donations of food/drinks/toiletries that the hospitals have received from generous members of the public and local businesses. These are placed in the rooms and staff are allowed to help themselves.

Staff are also bringing things in for each other, hand creams, baking cakes, knitting mascots and making stickers and keyrings, really nice little touches that are helping them through the difficult times.
The Haven Room at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury

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Recovery Rooms introduced at Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale hospitals to support staff wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic

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Importance of staff wellbeing - facts and figures

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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

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NHS Absence rates in March 2021

The overall sickness absence rate for England was 4.0%. This is lower than February 2021 (4.6%) and lower than March 2020 (5.4%).

Regional and organisational type variation

The North West region reported the highest sickness absence rate in March 2021 at 4.8%, this is lower than their rate in February 2021 (5.4%). The London region reported the lowest sickness absence rate in March 2021 at 3.4%, this is lower than their rate in February 2021 (4.2%).

Ambulance Trusts had the highest sickness absence rate at 5.9% in March 2021, this is lower than February 2021 (6.9%). Clinical Commissioning Groups had the lowest sickness absence rate at 2.1%, remaining relatively unchanged since February 2021 (2.2%).

Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate in March 2021 at 6.9% with Support to doctors, nurses & midwives and Hotel, Property & Estates staff reporting the second highest rate at 5.5% respectively.

Staff Grade reported the lowest rate at 0.5% in March 2021.

Reason for sickness absence

Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses is consistently the most reported reason for sickness absence, accounting for over 452,745 full time equivalent days lost and 28.8% of all sickness absence in March 2021. This is higher than 26.7% in February 2021.

COVID-19 related sickness absence

169,783 full time equivalent days (from a total of 1,570,514 FTE days lost) were lost due to COVID-19 related sickness absence in March 2021, equating to 10.8% of all absences recorded, compared to 18.1% in February 2021.

During the March 2020 to March 2021 period, overall sickness absence rates peaked nationally at 6.2% in April 2020. However, the equivalent rate for COVID-19 reported absences was 1.9%. This is 0.4% in March 2021 with an overall sickness absence rate of 4.0%.

(Please see COVID-19 related absence file in the Resources section below for further information on COVID-19 reported absence).

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NHS Sickness Absence Rates NHS Sickness Absence Rates January to March 2021, and Annual Summary 2009 to 2021, Provisional Statistics - NHS Digital

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NHS Absence rates in March 2021 The overall sickness absence rate for England was 4.0%. This is lower than February 2021 (4.6%) and lower than March 2020 (5.4%). Regional and organisational type variation The North West region reported the highest sickness absence rate in March 2021 at 4.8%, this is lower than their rate in February 2021 (5.4%).

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How the Department of Health measures, defines and addresses wellbeing in relation to health.

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Phisical environment in hospital affect nurses

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Phisical environment in hospital affect nurses

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Princeton, N.J. -Job satisfaction is an important predictor of registered nurses' (RNs) job turnover, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes (including pressure ulcers and falls), which can result in higher health care costs and penalties for hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. Numerous studies have been conducted to assess nurses' job satisfaction, asking about nurse-physician relationships, opportunities for promotion, autonomy, and similar issues, but very few have addressed the impact of the physical work environment on RNs' job satisfaction.

Now, a new study conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's RN Work Project finds that a physical work environment that facilitates RNs' efficiency, teamwork, and interprofessional communication is related to higher job satisfaction. Maja Djukic, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the College of Nursing, New York University, led the research team.

The study, in the current issue of Research in Nursing & Health, revealed that while physical environment had no direct influence on job satisfaction, it did have a significant indirect influence because the environment affected whether nurses could complete tasks without interruptions, communicate easily with other nurses and physicians, and/or do their jobs efficiently.

The research team conducted a nationwide survey of RNs to examine the relationship between RNs' physical work environment and job satisfaction. They found that RNs who gave their physical work environments higher ratings were also more likely to report better workgroup cohesion, nurse-physician relations, workload, and other factors associated with job satisfaction.

The team was also led by Christine Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the College of Nursing, New York University, and Carol Brewer, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo. It included Farida Fatehi, BDS, MS, who was a research analyst at the College of Dentistry, New York University, at the time the study was conducted; and William Greene, PhD, Robert Stanksy and Toyota Motor Corporation professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business.

"Clearly, the physical work environment can affect nurses' ability to do their jobs effectively and efficiently," said Djukic. "The right environment facilitates nurses' work, which increases their job satisfaction, which in turn reduces turnover. All of those improve patient outcomes. When investing in facilities' construction or remodeling, health care leaders should look at features that enhance workgroup cohesion, nurse-physician relations, and other factors that affect job satisfaction. Those investments will pay off in the long run."

The researchers measured job satisfaction in terms of procedural justice, autonomy, nurse-physician relationships, distributive justice, opportunities for promotion, workgroup cohesion, and variety in one's job. Physical environment was assessed based on the architectural, ambient, and design features of the workspace, including crowdedness, ventilation, lighting, arrangement of furniture, colors and decorations, aesthetic appearance, and the need for remodeling.

"This study supports our previous findings, which indicate that investing in improving nurses' work environments is extremely worthwhile," said Kovner. "We'd suggest that future studies delve into which aspects of the physical work environment best support the factors that enhance nurses' job satisfaction."

The study is based on a 98-question survey of 1,141 RNs, which is part of RN Work Project, a nationwide, 10-year longitudinal survey of RNs begun in 2006 by Kovner and Brewer, and supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nurses surveyed were licensed for the first time by exam between August 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005, in 34 states and the District of Columbia.

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What Does Architecture Have to Do with Patient Care?

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Princeton, N.J. -Job satisfaction is an important predictor of registered nurses' (RNs) job turnover, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes (including pressure ulcers and falls), which can result in higher health care costs and penalties for hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments.