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Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study
BACKGROUND: Harassment and discrimination in the National Health Service (NHS) has steadily increased over the past 5 years with London being the worst performing region. There is a lack of data and research on the impact this is having on staff health and job satisfaction. Such data are necessary t...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7791556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33323151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.137 |
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author | Rhead, Rebecca D. Chui, Zoe Bakolis, Ioannis Gazard, Billy Harwood, Hannah MacCrimmon, Shirlee Woodhead, Charlotte Hatch, Stephani L. |
author_facet | Rhead, Rebecca D. Chui, Zoe Bakolis, Ioannis Gazard, Billy Harwood, Hannah MacCrimmon, Shirlee Woodhead, Charlotte Hatch, Stephani L. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Harassment and discrimination in the National Health Service (NHS) has steadily increased over the past 5 years with London being the worst performing region. There is a lack of data and research on the impact this is having on staff health and job satisfaction. Such data are necessary to inform the development of effective workplace interventions to mitigate the effects these experiences have on staff. AIMS: Examine the impact of harassment and discrimination on NHS staff working in London trusts, utilising data from the 2019 TIDES cross-sectional survey. METHOD: In total, 931 London-based healthcare practitioners participated in the TIDES survey. Regression analysis was used to examine associations between the sociodemographic characteristics of participants, exposure to discrimination and harassment, and how such exposures are associated with physical and mental health, job satisfaction and sickness absence. RESULTS: Women, Black ethnic minority staff, migrants, nurses and healthcare assistants were most at risk of discrimination and/or harassment. Experiencing either of the main exposures was associated with probable anxiety or depression. Experiencing harassment was also associated with moderate-to-severe somatic symptoms. Finally, both witnessing and experiencing the main exposures were associated with low job satisfaction and long periods of sickness absence. CONCLUSIONS: NHS staff, particularly those working in London trusts, are exposed to unprecedented levels of discrimination and harassment from their colleagues. Within the context of an already stretched and under-resourced NHS, in order to combat poor job satisfaction and high turnover rates, the value of all healthcare practitioners must be visibly and continuously reinforced by all management and senior leaders. |
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spelling | pubmed-77915562021-01-15 Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study Rhead, Rebecca D. Chui, Zoe Bakolis, Ioannis Gazard, Billy Harwood, Hannah MacCrimmon, Shirlee Woodhead, Charlotte Hatch, Stephani L. BJPsych Open Papers BACKGROUND: Harassment and discrimination in the National Health Service (NHS) has steadily increased over the past 5 years with London being the worst performing region. There is a lack of data and research on the impact this is having on staff health and job satisfaction. Such data are necessary to inform the development of effective workplace interventions to mitigate the effects these experiences have on staff. AIMS: Examine the impact of harassment and discrimination on NHS staff working in London trusts, utilising data from the 2019 TIDES cross-sectional survey. METHOD: In total, 931 London-based healthcare practitioners participated in the TIDES survey. Regression analysis was used to examine associations between the sociodemographic characteristics of participants, exposure to discrimination and harassment, and how such exposures are associated with physical and mental health, job satisfaction and sickness absence. RESULTS: Women, Black ethnic minority staff, migrants, nurses and healthcare assistants were most at risk of discrimination and/or harassment. Experiencing either of the main exposures was associated with probable anxiety or depression. Experiencing harassment was also associated with moderate-to-severe somatic symptoms. Finally, both witnessing and experiencing the main exposures were associated with low job satisfaction and long periods of sickness absence. CONCLUSIONS: NHS staff, particularly those working in London trusts, are exposed to unprecedented levels of discrimination and harassment from their colleagues. Within the context of an already stretched and under-resourced NHS, in order to combat poor job satisfaction and high turnover rates, the value of all healthcare practitioners must be visibly and continuously reinforced by all management and senior leaders. Cambridge University Press 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7791556/ /pubmed/33323151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.137 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Papers Rhead, Rebecca D. Chui, Zoe Bakolis, Ioannis Gazard, Billy Harwood, Hannah MacCrimmon, Shirlee Woodhead, Charlotte Hatch, Stephani L. Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title | Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title_full | Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title_fullStr | Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title_short | Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study |
title_sort | impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among national health service staff working in london trusts: results from the tides study |
topic | Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7791556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33323151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.137 |
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