But tackling the problem fully means looking beyond the workplace too. Sampsa Suomi, a Process and Crisis Intervention Consultant who specializes in improving the wellbeing of healthcare staff, told WHO that personal circumstances matter just as much as professional ones.
“You have to remember that fatigue and mental health problems can happen to anyone at any point in their career and that any challenges we have in our personal lives naturally also spill over into the workplace, and vice versa,” he said. “So, if there is a lot of stress and challenge outside of work, then this could be the last straw if a traumatic work incident occurs.”
A few memes are obviously not going to fix any of this, but hopefully they at least brought a smile to someone’s face today.
If you work in healthcare, please remember to take care of yourself too. Your patients are lucky to have you, and your own wellbeing matters just as much as theirs.
