Anti-Bullying

Anti-bullying

Our members’ and all healthcare professionals’ workplaces should be free from all forms of bullying and harassment. Our Sustainable Working Practice Committee along with other RCEM committees are developing work to tackle bullying in the workplace and in our view the working environment should allow healthcare professionals to work with dignity and respect, without the unacceptable threat of bullying and harassment. Bullying and harassment undermines physical and mental health and can lead to reduced performance and increased sickness absence.

Below are some useful resources from RCEM and other organisations that are there to support you.

RCEM

• RCEM position statement on bullying and harassment (RCEM, April 2019)
• EMPOWER:A Wellness Compendium for EM (Updated June 2019)

RSCed

• An Alliance Against Bullying, Undermining and Harassment in the NHS (RCSEd, 2019)
• Are you a bully? (RCSed, 2019)

GMC

• Doctors to receive training support to call out unprofessionalism (GMC, 2019)
• Anti-Bullying Alliance resource list

BMA

• Bullying and harassment: how to address it and create a supportive and inclusive culture (BMA, 2019)

Civility saves lives

• Visit the civility saves lives page

National Guardian’s Office

• Visit freedom to speak up page

Wellness resources

Resources

• Improving the mental health of staff in hospital emergency departments (MIND, 2019)
• Taking care of you evaluation (MIND, 2019)
• EMTA Rest and Sleep full resources
• Staying safe this website offers free resources for anyone distressed, thinking about suicide, or worried about someone else.
• ED Spa introduction by Laura Howard – RCEM are proud to be working with Dr Laura Howard on the exciting and innovative new ED Spa. The ED Spa is a safe space, where practitioners can drop their guard and be real about the challenges they face.
• Second victim support – this website seeks to help second victims find evidence based support

Blogs & videos

• Laura Howard and Susie Hewitt blog about the final day of EM50 Celebration Week, the exciting new ED Spa and looking after yourself.
• Watch the specially produced EM50 video about wellness and exercise

Key messages

1. Looking after your body – be active
2. Looking after your mind – keep learning and take notice
3. Connecting with people – invest in relationships and give

The ED Spa works on the principle of five elements of well-being:

1. Connect: Take time to invest in meaningful relationships with family, friends, colleagues and communities. Strong, meaningful relationships will encourage and support you.
2. Be Active: Play sport, walk, run, dance, garden, cycle, swim and many more. Find the thing you enjoy that gets you active.
3. Give: Be grateful, be kind, do something nice for a friend or a stranger.
4. Keep learning: Learn a new skill, find a hobby or take on a new challenge.
5. Take notice: Pay attention and be in the moment, notice how you are feeling.

More information on the principles of the ED Spa and how to create one in your own ED ware coming over the next few months. You can also follow or contact the ED Spa on twitter.

Great wellness organisations

• ACEP Wellness Section
• Red Cross Loneliness guidance
• Mind
• NHS Choices
• NHS Fitness Studio
• NHS Choices – Healthy Eating
• Doctor’s Support Network

Contact Information

Please contact these committees via email to quality@rcem.ac.uk