Advancing Safer Nights For Health & Social Care Staff.
Health & social care staff provide round-the-clock care to patients, but the difficulties of working night shifts have significant implications on well-being and quality of life. Working nights impacts all areas of life, primarily affecting Health, Family and social life.
Some of the reported health effects from shift work include:
Fatigue & Sleep disorders
Fatigue & Sleep disorders
Ill Mental Health
Ill Mental
Health
Obesity
Obesity
Impact on
Reproduction
Health
Impact on
Reproduction
Health
Cardio
vascular
disease
Cardio
vascular
disease
Increased
Incidence of
Cancer
Increased Incidence of
Cancer
Type 2
Diabetes
Type 2
Diabetes
Digestive
Disorders
Digestive
Disorders
We are here to help those who work at Night & Day...
Provide online & offline advice and education
Support research & development in sleep science
Providing access for health & Social care staff to the SAFER Programme
Develop organisational resources to manage night shift work
Continuously advocating for positive change for staff in the health & social care sector
Most Staff get only 5 Hours of Sleep out of 24 Hours.
We are on a mission to raise awareness and drive change through education & research on the impact of sleep and fatigue on those who work night shifts. 

Fatigue is a state of persistent tiredness or exhaustion that can result from physical, mental, or emotional factors. It is a common experience and can manifest in various ways, through the body and mind impacting performance but also patient safety.
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By addressing fatigue through a combination of organizational policies, education, and individual well-being initiatives, healthcare facilities can work towards minimizing the impact of fatigue on patient care and promoting a safer and more effective healthcare environment.
In a survey of Nurses and Midwives, 45% reported they had near misses or incidents where fatigue was a factor
Night Workers are 20% more likely to have an RTA, of which 50% are fatal.
We have all seen signs on the motorway saying ‘ Tiredness kills’, and the role of fatigue in road traffic accidents is considered to be largely under-reported. Therefore we see it crucial to work towards making it safer for staff to travel to and from work in the “quiet hours”.
16+ hours of wakefulness is equivalent to being over the UK national limit for alcohol.
Charity Forged by Tragedy
In July 2015 Jenny Foote was tragically murdered by a mental health service user whilst providing waking night social care support for people with mental health problems.
Everyone touched by Jenny’s murder wanted to do more to improve the skill set, safety and value of those who undertake this essential work and in extension to all the night workers in the Health and Social Care sector.
