Co-producing an Ambulance Trust national fatigue risk management system for improved Staff And Patient Safety (CATNAPS)
Date: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Poor sleep and fatigue are common in acute and emergency health care staff. This NIHR-funded research project is developing and feasibility testing a new approach to fatigue and sleep health management for staff in the UK NHS ambulance sector. Our group of researchers, paramedics, fatigue experts, and patients and staff with lived experience, are working with the ambulance sector to produce practical guidance for staff, managers, and senior leaders to reform fatigue and sleep health practices. An overview of the project will be provided and opportunities to get involved highlighted.
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Prof Kristy Sanderson, Chair in Applied Health Research, University of East Anglia
I am interested in public health approaches to mental health, especially how to promote mentally healthy workplaces. I am a psychiatric epidemiologist and have been a registered psychologist earlier in my career. Current projects include mental health promotion and suicide risk reduction in ambulance staff and learners, strategies to improve sleep quality and reduce fatigue in health staff, and promoting occupational health and wellbeing support for staff in primary care. I am Deputy Lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England Mental Health Over the Life Course theme, where I lead the Workforce Wellbeing work stream. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a member of the Society for Occupational Health.