Key findings for this hospital
How does this hospital compare to NSW?
Do you feel valued?
Overall, 76% reported that they felt valued, which was more than the NSW average of 46%.
Would you recommend your hospital?
87% reported that they would recommend the hospital, which was more than the NSW average of 54%.
Unrostered overtime worked
Unrostered overtime claimed
Claimed 0%
Claimed 10% to 30%
Claimed 40% to 60%
Claimed 70% to 90%
Claimed 100%
Unrostered overtime paid
0% Paid
10% to 30% Paid
40% to 60%
70% to 90% Paid
100% Paid
Fatigue, Clinical Error and Personal Safety
Have you made a fatigue-induced clinical error caused by your hours of work at your hospital?
In total, 32% of participants reported that they had made a fatigue-induced error, which was less than the NSW average of 46%.
Have you ever been concerned about your personal health or safety caused by excessive hours worked at your hospital?
46% said they had felt concerned about their health or safety, which was less than the NSW average of 56%.
What doctors at this hospital are saying
What do you value most about your hospital?
“Culture, the country hospital feel.”
“The close environment. Knowing everyone personally. Supportive and doing the right thing by patients “
“Opportunities to learn.”
If you could change three things at your hospital what would they be?
“Access to nutritional foods at nights. Additional teaching. Simulation training”
“Access to leave could be improved. It would be great if all of our leave for the year was handed out. Reduce the amount of overtime. Access to desirable rotations. Unfortunately many of our intern group are doing multiple relief terms.”
“Make claiming overtime and call-backs easier. More and better food options. Free accommodation for registrars employed by Dubbo for the year, not just seconded registrars.”
Sick Leave
We asked:
- If you are unwell, how often do you take sick leave at your hospital?
- What stops you from taking sick leave if you are unwell?
Dubbo Base Hospital scored above the NSW average on this domain, although the difference was not statistically significant.
How often do you take sick leave at your hospital?
What stops you from taking sick leave if you are unwell?
Domain scores
| Domain | 2022 | 2022 – Score out of 100 | WNSWLHD | WNSWLHD – Score out of 100 |
| Rostering |  |
58 | |
52 |
| Overtime |  |
84 | |
81 |
| Leave | |
74 | |
73 |
| Behaviour | |
68 | |
70 |
| Sick leave | |
69 | |
64 |
| Facilities |  |
55 | |
51 |
All scores are out of a possible total of 100.