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Frontline healthcare workers face traumatic stress
There could be 230,000 new referrals for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across England as a direct or indirect result of the pandemic, according to modelling by The Strategy Unit, an NHS research unit. PTSD is a mental health condition where the intense negative emotions, thoughts and memories caused by a traumatic event persist and interfere with someone’s daily life. The unit predicts there could be 230,000 new referrals for PTSD between 2020/21 and 2022/23 in England. The Royal College for Psychiatrists (RCP) has warned that frontline NHS staff are more at risk of developing the condition than army veterans. Professor Neil Greenberg, a PTSD specialist at the college and who is chair of its Occupational Psychiatry Special Interest Group, said: “It’s a common misunderstanding that only people in the armed forces can develop PTSD — anyone exposed to a traumatic event is at risk. However, clearly there are jobs, including working in many healthcare settings, where experiencing traumatic events is more common so the risk of developing PTSD is unfortunately much higher.” He added: “Early and effective support can reduce the likelihood of PTSD and those affected should be able to access evidence-based treatment in a timely manner.” The rise in new referrals of PTSD are also likely to be driven by the trauma faced by Covid-19 patients admitted to intensive care, the college added.
RCP news release. The Independent. Morning Star
New union safety tool to protect journalists
Journalists’ union NUJ has launched an online interactive tool to help journalists’ deal with hostile environments and cyber threats. The union said the initiative is in response to journalism becoming “increasingly hazardous. Reporters die or are injured every year.” It added: “Media workers’ phones and computers are targeted with sophisticated spying software. Daily harassment of journalists is at an all-time high.” To help journalists minimise the risks they encounter – from conflict zones to the cyber battlefront – the NUJ said it was launching Storysmart, a suite of free online training modules, produced with financial support from the Google News Initiative. Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, said: “Journalism has always been dangerous, but hostile environments now extend to the streets of our own cities and cyber attacks can be mounted on the devices in all of our pockets. Storysmart is designed to raise journalists’ awareness of the challenges they face and provide tested methods to minimise risk and protect sources, however and wherever they are carrying out their work.” The Storysmart interactive modules divide risk into hostile environments, psychological trauma and wellbeing, cyber risks and dealing with injury. Designed to work on phones, tablets and laptops, each bite-sized modules takes 10 to 20 minutes.
NUJ news release and Storysmart interactive modules.
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