Workforce Planning & Talent Development (WPTD) at the New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Health commissioned this Evidence Check Rapid Review to support the development of a comprehensive, system-wide workforce wellbeing strategy, aligned with Recommendation 33 of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding (2025). To prioritise and improve the wellbeing of staff, Recommendation 33 supports routine collection and collation of detailed data that appropriately considers scope, program outcomes and financial impact, but does not negatively impact existing workload and job stressors of the workforce.

WPTD commissioned a review of contemporary international evidence on wellbeing initiatives for staff who work in healthcare organisations similar to NSW Health, including a range of individual-, team- and system-level initiatives, care or implementation models that demonstrate improved staff wellbeing outcomes. As part of the review, WPTD requested information on how existing staff wellbeing initiatives may have had an impact on patient outcomes.

Citation

Cheek C, Clay-Williams R, Mitchell R, Simons M, Johnson J, Harrison R, Hibbert P, Austin E, Neufeld A. Interventions and strategies to improve staff wellbeing in healthcare organisations: an Evidence Check rapid review brokered by the Sax Institute (www.saxinstitute.org.au) for the NSW Ministry of Health, 2026. doi:10.57022/guyi7668

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