CIEHF: Fatigue risk management for health and social care (23 April 2024)

Summary

Fatigue is a perpetual risk in safety-critical industries. If that risk is not managed appropriately, it can result in a significant reduction in human performance, with associated impacts on safety. This paper from the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) aims to present a roadmap for improving fatigue risk management in health and social care to improve patient safety and individual health workers' health and wellbeing. It makes a case for UK health and social care national bodies and organisations managing fatigue as a systemic risk.

See also: CIEHF: Fatigue risk management in health and social care webinar recording