According to a recent story in The Lincolnite, as many as one in three or more staff think about leaving the NHS due to bullying in Lincolnshire hospitals.
Cases are as widespread as receiving harassment and abuse from patients, as well as bullying from fellow colleagues and even their managers. Based on staff feedback reports, hospital staff in Lincolnshire are more likely than anywhere else in the country to experience harassment, abuse or bullying and received some of the lowest satisfaction scores.
From the statistics:
29.8% reported harassment, abuse or bullying from patients.
23.4% believed they had experienced abuse from colleagues.
17.5% claimed they’d been bullied by managers.
According to reports, there are higher levels of physical violence directed towards staff from patients and relatives: 16.6% compared to the average of 15.1%.
The country’s average for NHS hospital staff considering leaving the service rests at 28.3%, whereas Lincolnshire’s figures work out at a whopping 36.9%.
Unison found the results of this survey shocking, and has urged the ULHT (United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust) and its management to support employees as a matter of urgency.
Andrew Morgan, Chief Executive of the ULHT, said:
“We have seen a record response this year to the annual NHS staff survey and would like to thank our staff for taking part. This has provided us with plenty of valuable feedback to enable us to bring about real change.”
“Compared to last year, we have seen a small increase in positive responses to the majority of the questions in the survey. While we are moving in the right direction, we know we still have work to do to catch up with the national average for acute NHS trusts.
“We will now be analysing the results in detail to plan what actions we can take forward as part of our new integrated improvement plan. We will be running lots of sessions with our staff in March to discuss the improvements we need to make and how we will achieve them for the benefit of our valued staff and patients.”
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Article by Stuart Jones
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