Over a 9 month period, nursing staff within one PCN were given protected time at work for self-care which typically involved time for reflection, breath work, yoga or gentle exercise. Nurses reported improvements in work life balance, work performance, communication, and personal wellbeing with an average of 8% increase across all domains. This was achieved at a time of rising demands in primary care.
Improving the wellbeing of nurses in primary care
Improving the well being of practices nurses by ringfencing protected time during the working day.
