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#FightFatigue (anaesthesia and intensive care)

Also: Fight Fatigue

“We need to #FightFatigue together.”

Campaign started in 2018 by the Association of Anaesthetists with the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine to change the culture of tiredness among hospital doctors, after a trainee anaesthetist died driving home from a night shift. It offers free posters, fact sheets, a fitness-to-work checklist, rest-facility audit tools and an induction slide deck, and asks hospitals to provide rest areas and safer rotas.

Years
2018–now
Country
United Kingdom
Topic
Health workforcePatient safetySleep
Asks people to
StartSupport a policyTalk to someone
Strategy
Environmental supportSelf efficacyStigma reduction
Channel
PrintSocial (organic)Website
Audience
Clinicians
Anaesthetists and intensive care doctors in training, NHS trusts and boards, other hospital staff

Evidence

NoneUnknown

Campaign was prompted by a national survey of anaesthetic trainees; no evaluation of the campaign's effect found.

Sponsor (who paid)

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Sources

  1. #FightFatigue campaign page sponsor
  2. Fight Fatigue: download our information packs sponsor
  3. Fight fatigue joint statement, March 2018 sponsor · 2018

Research notes

Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (G2); not reviewed by a person. Joint RCoA/FICM role, the survey figure and the Twibbon element come from search-result snippets (FICM, RCP and joint-statement pages could not be read). To verify: start year 2018; trainee death in 2015; survey of over 2,000 trainees in which 84% felt too tired to drive home after a night shift (not used on the card).

Record cases/aoa-fight-fatigue.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign