John McFadyen
Bulling? Well what do you expect. The NHS culture is one of bullying. So the watch word is go underground, don’t raise your head above the parapit, be subversive, snipe from afar and always, always post anonymous comments on this website or the HSJ site !
The draft Code of Conduct for Healthcare Management produced by Derek Mowbray is, as Martin Bainbridge suggests to be welcomed and if implemented, it could seriously improve work place well-being but it has to have commitment from the top and be properly ‘policed’ and introduced. The investigation carried out into EMSHA does not give one confidence that this will be possible so the challenge for Ministers and The Department is to take the risk, support its proper introduction and make a difference. Not only will we reduce the suffering of many who hate their jobs but the evidence is that if we introduce it as part of a well-being strategy it increases productivity, reduces sickness abscence and saves money!! What other incentive is needed??
Having been subject to the most horrendous bullying at several points in my career (usually because I was foolish enough (big-headed enough to believe in public service and my ability to change it) and challenged my masters and invoked the same rath metered out to Professor Nutt, I began to take an interest in bullying and mental well-being in the workplace. I ended up having a stress breakdown which resulted in me acting in a way that saw me subject to the disciplinary procedures that seem to serve as the safety net for managers who lack the courage and conviction to stand up to the values and principles now enshrined in the code of conduct.
The HSE was supposed to roll out a programme across trusts some years ago but has failed to make an impact and yet this is the single most destructive element of modern public service (especially in the NHS) and there is now clear evidence that addressing it saves millions of pounds in lost and increased productivity as well as making people generally happier to be in a nicer work environment.
When I try to convince people of the need to adress this topic they tell me they already have the measures in place. Such denial is causing great destruction to our public services and to individuals and their families so why does the Department not lead from the front. When I have offered to assist them they have simply turned me down!!!
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Bullying by senior management is rife in the NHS. I worked for years in the NHS and have personal experience of it. The NHS anti-bullying policy is used only when the staff involved are those that management would like to get ride off. The double standard is shocking!!
NHS has lost valuable staff due to bullying by those senior management who see them as threats. It is surprising to see staff suspended on full pay with agency staff to cover at a time NHS is grapling with budget deficit!!
The level of managerial incompetence that has taken foothold in the NHS would require a significant policy drive by Health and Safety Executive followed by board changes and large damages claims by staff for attitude to change.
Knowing the effect of bullying on their staff health, NHS senior managers misconduct makes sense to me. Why? There is is no better way to increase the number of patients using their services!
Sad that central govt isn’t doing much about it considering how much it spends on health.