One in four dentists suffers stress
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- Published: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 12:49
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Almost one in four NHS dentists has suffered from work-related stress in the last year, according to a new survey. The annual NHS Staff Survey revealed 23% of respondents had endured the work-related illness. In addition, 10% say they have been victims of discrimination and a further 13% endured harassment, bullying or abuse from patients in the past 12 months. |
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Others findings were:
Five per cent of dentists had suffered physical violence from patients in the last year.
Working extra hours remains a problem with 87% working unpaid hours.
But it would appear most NHS dentists are happy in their jobs with 95% saying they believe they make a difference, and 89% valued by their colleagues. However, they want to go further as just 73% are satisfied with the quality of work and patient care they deliver.
For all NHS workers, work-related injuries were reported by 7% of the participants and 44% admitted to witnessing a potentially harmful error, near miss, or incident in the last month.
The staff poll questions workers in 38 key areas which also included work/life balance, work pressure felt, job satisfaction, support from management and training given. Overall, the Department of Health said the results were the same or better in 25 out of 38 key measures compared with the previous year.
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