Sleep Health Series for Shift Workers

Consistent, healthy sleep supports our physical health, mental wellbeing, decision-making, productivity, and safety. Yet for many Australians – particularly shift workers – getting the sleep they need is a constant challenge.
Shift workers keep our hospitals, emergency services, transport networks, and countless other essential industries running around the clock. But disrupted sleep can have real consequences, affecting alertness, energy, wellbeing, and workplace safety.
Working with sleep experts from The Sleep Health Foundation, Lifebuoy developed a suite of animated films that provide tips and advice to shift workers working in emergency services, industry, transport and manufacturing across Australia. In this episode, the first of 8 in the series, we learn about the impacts of shift work to our health and wellbeing.