Section 7.4 · Pillar 3 · Workforce, Culture & National Healthcare Transformation
Staff Wellness and Psychological Safety
Staff wellness treated as a patient safety issue, with burnout screening, peer support and accountability for toxic culture.
The issue
Staff wellness is a patient safety issue. Key areas include burnout screening, counseling support, peer support, debriefing after traumatic events, protection from bullying and harassment, safe reporting of concerns, hierarchical abuse, accountability for toxic workplace culture, and rest and recovery policies.
Priority components
What good looks like in this domain, expressed as the components an institution should be able to show.
- 01Burnout screening
- 02Counseling support
- 03Peer support
- 04Debriefing after traumatic events
- 05Protection from bullying and harassment
- 06Safe reporting of concerns
- 07Addressing hierarchical abuse
- 08Accountability for toxic workplace culture
- 09Rest and recovery policies
Implementation
What this domain requires in practice: the standard, the pack, the measurement, the tools and the evidence.
Standards
No approved ASQAT standards have been published for this domain yet. The standards layer is in place so that approved statements can be released without restructuring the platform.
Measurement
Measurement specifications for this domain are being developed. Indicator definitions are published only once the numerator, denominator and data source are agreed.
Measurement frameworkResources
Implementation resources for this domain are currently in development. Approved policies, procedures, checklists and tools will be released through the resource library.
Open the libraryAwaiting approved content
Evidence in practice
No approved implementation evidence has been published for this domain yet. Case studies are published only after review of what was measured and how.