Key findings for this hospital
How does this hospital compare to NSW?
Do you feel valued?
Overall, 44% reported that they felt valued, which was less than the NSW average of 46%.
Would you recommend your hospital?
64% 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% Paid
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, 52% of participants reported that they had made a fatigue-induced error, which was more 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?
54% said they had felt concerned about their health or safety, which was less than the NSW average of 56%.
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?
Royal North Shore Hospital scored below 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?
What doctors at this hospital are saying
What do you value most about your hospital?
“Excellent training and learning opportunities in a supported environment.”
“The patient variety that is facilitated by the high caseload and thus the expertise to learn from. It is a very nice place physically – clean, nothing looks/feels old.”
“Work culture, friendliness of staff, consideration of safe work hours.”
If you could change three things at your hospital what would they be?
“1. Access to tea room / private space to eat lunch (not at computer desk) 2. Better coverage of sick leave 3. Better communication.”
“1. Rostering – Covid has screwed things up but the number of changes to the roster and unfair (term 1 interns working nights) or understaffed shifts is noticeable. 2. Leave allocation – I wish we were able to split our annual leave up like other hospitals instead of being forced to take it in a four week block. 3. Another night JMO, when the hospital is busy the night shift can become very unmanageable very quickly.”
“More support outside of work e.g focus on wellbeing, socials, mental health support.”
Domain scores
| Domain | 2022 | 2022 – Score out of 100 | NSLHD | NSLHD – Score out of 100 |
| Rostering |  |
47 | |
47 |
| Overtime |  |
76 | |
75 |
| Leave | |
66 | |
65 |
| Behaviour | |
74 | |
69 |
| Sick leave |  |
53 | |
54 |
| Facilities | |
45 | |
45 |
All scores are out of a possible total of 100.