| The problem and management of sickness absence in the NHS: considerations for nurse managers. | |
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PMID: 12930540 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIM: This paper examines the topic of sickness absence management in the context of the healthcare sector. BACKGROUND: National Health Service (NHS) employee absenteeism is an expensive and difficult problem. Nurse managers need to assess the extent and characteristics of absenteeism, be aware of their organization's sickness policies, evaluate the effectiveness of these policies and contribute to the development of related initiatives to ensure prudent management of sickness absence. METHOD: A literature review has been undertaken, providing a broad conceptual context by which the problem of sickness absence in the NHS can be examined. The focus of this paper is to examine the accumulation of research based knowledge to provide a healthcare perspective on the problem of sickness absence management. CONCLUSION: Sickness absence management within the NHS is challenging but provides opportunities to improve the working lives of NHS employees. Sickness absence cannot be eradicated but it can be reduced by a selection of measures that reflect the uniqueness of the NHS. The many and diverse causes of sickness absence need acknowledgement, when devising strategies that can effectively provide solutions to the problems of sickness absence. |
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Authors:
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C J Johnson; Emma Croghan; Joanne Crawford |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
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Title: Journal of nursing management Volume: 11 ISSN: 0966-0429 ISO Abbreviation: J Nurs Manag Publication Date: 2003 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-08-21 Completed Date: 2003-10-27 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9306050 Medline TA: J Nurs Manag Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 336-42 Citation Subset: N |
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Research Nurse, Institute of Occupational Health, Research Fellow, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. c.j.Johnson@bham.ac.uk |
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Absenteeism* Attitude of Health Personnel Burnout, Professional / prevention & control Causality Costs and Cost Analysis Great Britain Humans Job Satisfaction Nurse Administrators / organization & administration Nurse's Role Nursing Staff / organization & administration*, psychology Nursing, Supervisory / organization & administration* Occupational Health Organizational Culture Organizational Policy Personnel Management / methods* Sick Leave* State Medicine / organization & administration* Work Schedule Tolerance |
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