... is high workload, an increasing problem in the healthcare sector due to staff shortages and an aging population. This study investigates key factors for implementing a multilevel intervention targeting emotional demands at an entire hospital with staff shortages. Design/methodology/approach We...

.... Findings Themes included guilt and shame following the accident, feelings of relief that the situation did not end up worse, emotional numbness that accompanies sleep deprivation and anger at the healthcare system. Participants also reflected on the ultimate medicolegal responsibility of a doctor, a sense...

...Deborah J. Morris; Elanor Lucy Webb; Sanjith Kamath; Jemima J. Worsfold; Wendy Dean Purpose The ubiquitous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare required agile and resilient leadership to navigate novel and evolving clinical challenges as well as changes in government and regulatory...

...Elanor Lucy Webb; Deborah J. Morris; Benedetta Lupattelli Gencarelli; Jemima Worsfold Purpose Research has established the prevalence and relevance of moral injury in healthcare workers, though less attention has been paid to the different classes of potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs...

...Maria Qvarfordt; Stefan Lagrosen Purpose Previous research has identified associations between quality management and employee health. This study's purpose was to (1) examine those associations in a public healthcare organisation and (2) explore and describe the association between digitalisation...

...Abbeygail Jones; Shuo Zhang; Amy Woodburn; Sarah Dorrington; Alison Beck; Helen Winter Purpose The health and well-being of healthcare staff came into focus during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as already strained workforces responded to new and additional challenges...