Helping NHS night shift workers
Shift work sleep disorder affects around 30% of people who work nights, early morning and rotating shifts. This can lead to difficulty in falling asleep and increased sleepiness at work and disruption of personal life.
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Researchers understand more about why some people respond differently to disturbed sleep and the measures that can help shift workers.
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To apply this knowledge, researchers are aiming to develop and test practical interventions which will benefit NHS night shift workers.
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We're looking for NHS night shift workers and managers to take part in an online discussion (via Zoom) on Tuesday 9th November 5pm-6.30pm. If you take part you will be paid £37.50 for your time.
Get involved
We want to work in partnership with night shift workers and managers to design the proposal and, if the research is funded, throughout the rest of the research project.
The first stage will be to take part in a friendly and informal discussion with researchers, where they’ll explain what they are planning and ask for your views about their ideas.
You don’t need to have any experience of health research, just be happy to share your views and opinions. For this initial discussion we’re looking for night shift workers, and NHS managers who manage teams of night shift workers.
The meeting will take place online (via Zoom) Tuesday 9th November 5pm-6.30pm and you will be paid £37.50 for your time.
This meeting will be led by Vocal who are working in partnership with researchers at the University of Oxford and King’s College London.
If you’re interested in finding out more or getting involved please get in touch with us by clicking the get involved button below.