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GOC Standard 11: Wellbeing and Burnout in Optical Practice

Promoting a Healthy and Sustainable Workplace Culture (Within S11)

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Wellbeing & Burnout (Standard 11)
Why Wellbeing Matters
Stress & Burnout
Recognising Burnout
Spotting Warning Signs
Individual Resilience Strategies
Supporting a Colleague
Organisational Responsibility
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Scenario Page 3: Organisational Challenges

Structural pressures like unsafe rotas and long travel days can overwhelm even strong teams. The task is to raise concerns early, propose options and record decisions with a clear safety rationale.^[3]^[1]

Raising concerns with data and options

Scenario

A practice manager pushes clinicians to take repeated late clinics and extra weekend sessions to "clear the list." Staff report rising errors and a stream of patient complaints tied to delays. You review a week of booking patterns and see frequent overruns, repeated late finishes and multiple staff flagging fatigue-related lapses.

How should concerns be raised to protect colleagues and patients?

Gather brief evidence - examples of overruns, complaints linked to delays and incident themes mentioning fatigue.^[2]^[5]
Request a meeting with operational leads and present clear options: temporary caps on late clinics; buffer slots; short-term locum cover; rebalancing appointment types.^[4]^[2]
If risk is immediate, limit new bookings until capacity is safe.^[3]^[1]
Record a decision log: who attended; data reviewed; options considered; decision and justification; review date.^[2]^[1]
If unresolved, escalate via governance or health and safety routes and reference Standard 11.^[1]^[2]

Organisational supports that reduce risk quickly

Scenario

A domiciliary clinician raises concerns about consecutive long travel days, late returns and insufficient recovery. She reports slipping concentration, low morale and near-miss medication timing issues on return from long routes.

What organisational supports reduce risk quickly?

Adjust routing to cluster visits and reduce travel time between appointments.^[4]
Pair clinicians for complex homes and set protected recovery time after long days.^[4]^[3]
Introduce a travel-aware template that accounts for realistic set-up, travel and communication needs.^[4]
Enforce safe driving policies and plan practical rest stops.^[3]
Keep an implementation record: route changes; maximum daily hours; recovery policy; scheduler instructions; review metrics; named contact for daily issues.^[2]^[4]

Options and data can move the conversation from "work harder" to "work safer." Time-bound decisions with owners let staff see action and help leaders learn which controls deliver the best results in that setting.^[2]^[3]

References (numbered in text)

11. Protect and safeguard patients, colleagues and others from harm — General Optical Council Find (opens in a new tab)
Speaking up — General Optical Council Find (opens in a new tab)
Fatigue — Health and Safety Executive Find (opens in a new tab)
The health, safety and wellbeing of shift workers in healthcare environments — NHS Employers Find (opens in a new tab)
Nurse Burnout and Patient Safety, Satisfaction, and Quality of Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Lambert Zixin Li; Peilin Yang; Sara J Singer; Jeffrey Pfeffer; Maya B Mathur; Tait Shanafelt (JAMA Netw Open, 2024) Find (opens in a new tab)

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Raise concerns early using brief, objective data (overruns, complaints, incident themes).
Propose pragmatic options: cap late clinics, add buffer slots, arrange short-term locum cover, rebalance appointment types.
Record decisions in a decision log: attendees, data reviewed, options considered, decision and justification, review date.
Escalate unresolved safety risk via governance or health & safety routes referencing GOC Standard 11.
Limit new bookings if immediate risk to staff or patients is identified.
Implement rapid organisational supports for domiciliary staff: cluster routing, clinician pairing, recovery time and travel-aware templates.
Document implementation: route changes, maximum daily hours, recovery policy, scheduler instructions, review metrics and named contact.
Use time-bound actions with named owners so staff see progress and leaders can evaluate controls.

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Length: 45 minutes CPD (0.75 CE Credits)
Appropriate for: Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians, Optical Assistants, Practice Managers, Locums, Practice Owners, Clinical Leads.
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