Following DAUK’s article on the front page of the Daily Mirror DAUK speaks to the Royal College of Nursing on bullying of junior doctors by nurses, as well as paying tribute to those nursing colleagues who have intervened whilst juniors have faced public bullying and humiliation.
After the Chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is quoted in The Times in article titled ‘stop moaning and get a grip’ Co-Founder Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden responds. Her comments were published in The Times this week.
Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, co-founder of Doctors’ Association UK said the NHS staff survey results were “extremely worrying”.
“Doctors have repeatedly told us they do not feel cared for by their workplaces, and that spiralling workloads are contributing to occupational stress and burnout.”
The results of the NHS staff survey reveal that reports of work related stress are at a record high in the NHS. Additionally BAME staff report facing worrying levels discrimination from patients, relatives and members of the public. This is unacceptable. Read our response here.
This week Dr Sammy Batt-Rawden, DAUK Co-Founder chaired a panel at the Royal College of Physicians on Wellbeing in the Workforce. Sammy’s guests included Dr Emma Vaux, Alexandra Adams and Amandip Singh. The panel covered a number of topics, including whether resilience training and wellness initiatives were fit for purpose, and how much responsibility should lie with the system rather than the individual. Catch up with the video here.
How can we maintain our doctors empathy? In her TED talk Sammy reframes the burnout debate and explains that doctors are suffering from moral injury, the psychological harm that occurs when doctors cannot give patients the care they deserve due to system pressures. Sammy also speaks openly and honestly about her experience of being on the other side on the NHS as an A&E and ICU registrar when her son was born at 27 weeks and spent 3 months in intensive care. Determined to fight for the NHS Sammy founded The Doctors’ Association UK during her maternity leave. Watch her talk here.
The Doctors’ Association UK Co-Founder Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden writes for Metro on how the NHS has changed over the past 10 years and what the impact has been on doctors. Sammy cites the blame culture, the pension tax, the junior doctor contract as key causes of rock bottom morale. She also warns that doctors maybe suffering from ‘moral injury’.
