Nurses at psychiatric hospitals visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 29th, complaining that due to a shortage of staff working at psychiatric hospitals, they are unable to provide patient-centered medical care, and asked for improvements in their treatment in order to secure human resources. requested to do so.
On the 29th, 12 members of a labor union made up of staff working at psychiatric hospitals visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to report the results of a questionnaire survey conducted among staff at Ototoshi Psychiatric Hospital.
The survey received responses from approximately 1,100 people, including nurses and care workers.When asked if they were able to provide patient- and user-centered medical care, such as providing detailed explanations of treatments and medications, the responses were ``Yes.'
' 3.2% of the respondents answered,
▽45.8% answered, ``I'm somewhat successful,''
and even if both were combined, they only accounted for about half of the total.
Also, when asked multiple answers about what is necessary for patient-centered medical care and care,
82.8% of respondents said ``enhancement of personnel structure'',
followed by
``improvement of wages and working conditions'' at 51.9%. was.
In addition, prior to this, members of the labor union submitted a request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to request that the government take responsibility for improving treatment in order to secure human resources for staff working at psychiatric hospitals and improve the working environment. Did.
Kazutoshi Sasaki, Chairman of the Spiritual Affairs Committee of the Japan Federation of Medical Workers' Unions, said, ``Even if we want to provide good medical care and care to patients, we continue to be unable to do so.''From the perspective of working in the field, I would like to advocate for improvements.'' I did.