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How can we reduce record levels of health care burnout and distress?

        

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Dr. Marie Bismark joined Ascend Magazine Editor Paul Leavoy on an episode of the Ascend Radio podcast to discuss her research findings, the mounting problem of health care burnout and psychological distress, and the enormous challenges faced by health care workers during the pandemic – something she is intimately familiar with as both a researcher focusing on the intersection between patient safety, medical regulation, and clinician well-being, and a practicing physician pursuing advanced training in psychiatry who provided mental health care in the COVID wards and emergency departments of Australian hospitals during the pandemic.

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UK: consultation on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard

The Professional Standards Authority in the UK has opened a consultation on a new Standard on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to be added to its Standards for Accredited Registers (registers of people in health and/or social care roles that are not subject to statutory regulation). The proposed standard reads

"The organisation demonstrates its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ensures that its processes are fair and free from unfair discrimination.
a) The register’s regulatory functions are underpinned by fairness and equity of access to registrants and service users.
b) The register understands the diversity of its registrants, service users and complainants and has an awareness of issues that may impact those with protected characteristics.
c) The register works to promote and enhance EDI by seeking to understand and act on issues affecting the roles registered and service users."

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PA: new rules for nursing home regulations

New Department of Health regulations for state nursing homes have been approved by Pennsylvania's Independent Regulatory Review Commission. The required number of hours of direct care per day per patient will be increased in July 2023 and again by July 2024. The number of patients that nursing assistants and nurse aides can be required to care for will decrease in July 2023 and again in July 2024. The health department will also begin posting notice of nursing home ownership changes, and regulators will be required to analyze the financial strength and past performance of owners in order to approve license applications.

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