Key findings for this hospital
How does this hospital compare to NSW?
Do you feel valued?
Overall, 48% reported that they felt valued, which was more than the NSW average of 46%.
Would you recommend your hospital?
39% reported that they would recommend the hospital, which was less than the NSW average of 54%.
Fatigue, Clinical Error and Personal Safety
Have you made a fatigue-induced clinical error caused by your hours of work at your hospital?
In total, 32% of participants reported that they had made a fatigue-induced error, which was less than the NSW average of 46%.
Have you ever been concerned about your personal health or safety caused by excessive hours worked at your hospital?
41% said they had felt concerned about their health or safety, which was less than the NSW average of 56%.
Unrostered overtime worked
Unrostered overtime claimed
Claimed 0%
Claimed 10% to 30%
Claimed 40% to 60%
Claimed 70% to 90%
Claimed 100%
Unrostered overtime paid
0% Paid
10% to 30% Paid
40% to 60% Paid
70% to 90% Paid
100% Paid
Sick Leave
We asked:
- If you are unwell, how often do you take sick leave at your hospital?
- What stops you from taking sick leave if you are unwell?
Maitland Hospital scored above the NSW average on this domain, although the difference was not statistically significant.
How often do you take sick leave at your hospital?
What stops you from taking sick leave if you are unwell?
What doctors at this hospital are saying
What do you value most about your hospital?
“The JMO managers are very approachable and try to help us out.”
“Being able to have a private spot for lactation breaks.”
“Nice and new facilities.”
If you could change three things at your hospital what would they be?
“No consideration of the requirement for education of trainees and therefore no library or appropriate quiet non-clinical study spaces.”
“1. More staffs 2. Less workload 3. Protected study/teaching time.”
“The new hospital needs a better and bigger JMO room, access to good food for JMOs [not just snacks and not locked in cupboards and fridges which does happen sometimes] and above all, a functioning system for documentation [the paper notes system belongs in the distant past].”
Domain scores
| Domain | 2022 | 2022 – Score out of 100 | HNELHD | HNELHD – Score out of 100 |
| Rostering |  |
58 |  |
49 |
| Overtime |  |
83 | |
78 |
| Leave | |
71 | |
71 |
| Behaviour | |
67 | |
64 |
| Sick leave | |
57 | |
58 |
| Facilities | |
47 | |
44 |
All scores are out of a possible total of 100.