WA Health

The survey identified further progress in workplace behaviours, with fewer respondents reporting experiences of bullying, discrimination and harassment compared with the previous year. At the same time, increased reporting of adverse behaviours may indicate growing confidence among staff to speak up when issues arise – an important part of building a safe and supportive workplace culture.

While the results are encouraging, the survey also highlights areas requiring continued focus.

Workload pressures remain an ongoing consideration, with some respondents reporting moderate to high levels of burnout, including fatigue associated with on-call arrangements. This reinforces the importance of continuing to prioritise staff wellbeing and ensuring our junior doctors feel supported.

The findings also highlight opportunities to strengthen payroll accuracy, overtime processes, roster alignment, and access to workplace entitlements, flexibility and parental leave. While reports of inappropriate workplace behaviour have declined, we recognise there is more work to do to ensure all staff feel supported, particularly when managing complex interactions with patients and families.

WA Health will continue working closely with HSPs and key stakeholders, including the AMA (WA), to prioritise these improvements and strengthen the day-to-day experience of junior doctors across the system. I remain committed to ensuring junior doctors have access to the training, support and safe working environments they need, and I am confident the system will continue building on the progress already made.