How Does Cyberbullying Impact Young Psychiatric Inpatients?

Cyberbullying can magnify symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young inpatients at an adolescent psychiatric hospital, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Click here to read PsychCentral article

Bullying Can Undermine Mental Health of Both Parties

New research suggests there is a two-way relationship between bullying perpetration and mental health problems among youth in the United States. Investigators discovered that bullying perpetration increased the risk of developing internalizing problems, and having internalizing problems increased the probability of bullying others. Click here to read PsychCentral article

Student Bullying Can Harm Both Victims and Perpetrators

A new study finds surprising consistency in teen bullying rates across the globe and shows that it harms both victim and perpetrator suffer in similar ways. Click here to read PsychCentral article

Bullying And Harassment: How To Address It And Create A Supportive And Inclusive Culture

The BMA began its bullying and harassment project in 2017 following doctors highlighting the impact that bullying and harassment had on the working lives and well-being of members, and growing evidence of how it harms patient care and safety. Click here to read King's Fund blog

How to Counter Rudeness at Work For A Good Night’s Sleep

If you’ve had a bad day at work thanks to rude colleagues, doing something fun and relaxing afterwards could promote a better night’s sleep. Read PsychCentral article here

Cyberbullying Victims May Be Twice as Likely to Self-Harm and Show Suicidal Behaviors

Children and young people under 25 who are victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to self-harm and exhibit suicidal behavior, according to a new U.K. study. But new research also suggests that it is not just the victims of cyberbullying that are more vulnerable to suicidal behaviors. Bullies also are at higher risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Click here for PsychCentral article

Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely

People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new research. The researchers found that the more frequently children are involved in sibling bullying -- either as bully, victim, or both -- the more likely they are to develop a psychotic disorder. View article from ScienceDaily here

Managing Unacceptable Behaviour

Guidelines for Accredited Representatives and Relevant RCN Staff. These guidelines introduce its Respect Charter, which governs how all our stakeholders should approach working with each other at all times.

They also: highlight what steps will be taken when the standards in its Respect Charter are not met; provide guidance for our accredited representatives who are subjected to unacceptable behaviour; and outline what support is available to them

Protect trainee doctors to protect patient safety

Annual trainee quality panels can help address bullying and other cultural and safety issues within local hospitals and training posts, say Zoe Oliphant and Iona Thorne

The Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) has recently highlighted the widespread bullying of surgical trainees and its impact upon patient safety. RCSEd reported that around the time of an operation, disruptive behaviour contributes to 67 per cent adverse events, 71 per cent medical errors and 27 per cent perioperative deaths.

The Daily Telegraph has reported that trainee surgeons are being assaulted and that one in six surgical trainees suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.

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'No systematic bullying' of NHS finance staff, says second professional body

A second body representing NHS finance staff has described reports of senior managers feeling bullied into reporting unachievable numbers “disturbing”, but does not believe there is a “systematic” problem.

Earlier this week, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a professional body for public sector accountants, voiced concerns that experienced NHS managers are having their professional ethics compromised, and that underlying financial performance is being misrepresented.


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Exclusive: CQC plans rules on 'safe workload' for junior doctors

The Care Quality Commission has asked the medical royal colleges to draw up new “safe workload” standards for junior doctors, amid concerns they are still being given a workload that is unsafe, HSJ can reveal.

The CQC’s new chief inspector of hospitals, Ted Baker, also told HSJ in a wide ranging interview that:

• Staff were leaving the NHS because of culture problems including bullying
• The CQC had shifted trust chief executives behaviour from performance management to staff engagement
• Dedicated staff would get the NHS through winter because NHS services and capacity had not kept pace with demand

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Patient transfers and bullying in the NHS

DTOCs warning
Ministers are set to issue a fresh warning to councils deemed to have made insufficient progress tackling delayed transfers of care, amid a bitter row over the withholding of funding.


Bullying in the NHS – a bully’s perspective
Retired hospital chief executive Kate Grimes reflects on recognising bullying in her own behaviour, and on three aspects of bullying in the NHS

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Young Cyberbullying Victims are at Double-Risk of Self-Harm

A new UK study finds that children and young people under-25 who become victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to enact self-harm and attempt suicide than non-victims.

An interesting aspect of cyberbullying is that the perpetrator, or the person committing cyberbullying, is also more likely to experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

The collaborative research, led by investigators at the University of Birmingham, included the review of more than 150,000 children and young people across 30 countries, over a 21-year period.

Back-to-school worries for parents? One in three very concerned bullying, cyberbullying

Bullying and cyberbullying top parents' list of worries when it comes to their children's health, according to a new report from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. Close behind are internet safety and stress, motor vehicle accidents, and school violence.

But worries differed among racial groups, with African-American parents saying they were most concerned about racial inequities and school violence affecting their children.

The report is based on responses from 2,051 adults -- including 1,505 parents of children ages 0-18- from a nationally representative household survey. Read more HERE

Interventions for prevention of bullying in the workplace

Bullying has been identified as one of the leading workplace stressors, with adverse consequences for the individual employee, groups of employees, and whole organisations. Employees who have been bullied have lower levels of job satisfaction, higher levels of anxiety and depression, and are more likely to leave their place of work. Organisations face increased risk of skill depletion and absenteeism, leading to loss of profit, potential legal fees, and tribunal cases. It is unclear to what extent these risks can be addressed through interventions to prevent bullying.

This Cochrane Systematic Review explores the effectiveness of workplace interventions to prevent bullying in the workplace.

Tackling bullying and harassment

In this case study, London Ambulance Service shares its approach to tackling bullying in the workplace, after the organisation was placed into special measures in 2015.

Find out how the trust engaged with staff from different areas of the organisation to work together to break down barriers and make tackling bullying in the workplace everybody’s business.

Fat shaming linked to greater health risks

Body shaming is a pervasive form of prejudice, found in cyber bullying, critiques of celebrities’ appearances, at work and school, and in public places for everyday Americans. People who are battling obesity face being stereotyped as lazy, incompetent, unattractive, lacking willpower, and to blame for their excess weight. The pain of these messages may take a toll on health and increase risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease, according to a new study.

Tackling bullying and harassment in the NHS

NHS Employers has produced a new podcast, the first in a two-part series, discussing bullying and harassment in the NHS.

In this second edition you can listen to a discussion between staff at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal College of Nursing who are developing the cultural ambassadors project, which has helped increase fairness for BME staff in disciplinary hearings.

Creating Supportive Environments: Tackling Behaviours That Undermine a Culture of Safety

This report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges explores bullying and undermining within the medical workforce in the UK. It looks at current efforts to tackle problems and what further work is required.

Tackling bullying and harassment in the NHS

NHS Employers has produced a new podcast, the first in a two-part series, discussing bullying and harassment in the NHS.

In the first edition Bernadette El-Hadidy, NHS Employers' London area head of engagement, talks to Jon Restell, Jon Lenney and Dr Madeline Carter to find out what the issues are and how we can tackle them.