Introduction: It is well recognized that workplace fatigue is associated with decreased patient safety, increased healthcare costs and adverse health and safety consequences for health workers. Recent nationwide surveys of the public health workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand have highlighted that fatigue-related outcomes are commonly experienced by workers at all levels of the organization, including those in leadership roles. Leaders in the health sector have an important role in implementing policies and organisational approaches to address fatigue among health workers. However, little is known about their perceptions and understanding of fatigue risk management (FRM), including in Aotearoa New Zealand. Among health leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand, we aimed to explore perceptions of fatigue and its impacts, understanding of FRM, and perceived barriers and facilitators for being involved in developing new FRM approaches.
O’Keeffe et al. (2025) studied this question.