Fillable Printable Sample Press Release

Sample Press Release

SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE

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[Organisation logo]

Positive Practice Environments for Health Care

Quality Workplaces for Quality Care

[City, country, date] – [Organisations] have joined forces in a global campaign to

ensure high-quality health care workplaces worldwide. The campaign, Quality

Workplaces for Quality Care, is spearheaded by the health professions (International

Council of Nurses, International Pharmaceutical Federation, World Confederation for

Physical Therapy, World Dental Federation and World Medical Association), together with

the International Hospital Federation. The multiyear, multi-stakeholder campaign promotes

safe, cost-effective and healthy workplaces, thereby strengthening health systems and

improving patient safety.

Poor quality workplaces are a feature of many health systems around the world. Such

environments weaken an employer’s ability to meet the organisation’s performance

targets and make it more difficult to attract, motivate and retain staff. Unrealistic

workloads, poorly equipped facilities, unsafe working conditions and unfair

compensation feature among the many factors affecting the work life and performance

of today’s health care workers. They contribute to imbalances in labour supply

between and within countries. In some countries, the impact of these conditions has

led to dramatic consequences whereby health facilities have ceased to function,

leaving communities with little or no access to much needed health services.

Positive practice environments, on the other hand, strengthen the performance and

cost-effectiveness of the health workforce and improve patient outcomes. Simply

defined, positive practice environments are settings that enable and encourage health

care professionals to stay in their jobs, in their profession and in their countries while

fully utilizing their wide range of competencies for the service of patients.

Commissioned by the Campaign sponsors, a recent survey of health professionals

highlights the importance of positive practice environments and indicates the effective

use of incentive packages to retain the qualified staff in the caring professions.

Such environments can only be developed through the collaborative and sustained

efforts of employers, professional organisations, governments, managers, policy

makers, and health professionals themselves. Working conditions and the workplace

must be on the political agenda if the health workforce shortage is to be properly

addressed, growing service demands met and patient safety guaranteed.

International

Hospital

Federation

[Organisation] is active on a number of fronts to advance the work environment for

health care professionals [briefly describe local campaign activities].

[Organisation] urges [list stakeholders] to take action so that positive practice

environments become the norm worldwide.

Visit [website link] or contact [contact details] to learn more about the campaign

and how to get involved.

Editor’s Note:

[Insert organisation name and brief mission statement]