General Support
- NHS Practitioner Health Doctor’s Common Room Daily supportive group. Please register www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/upcoming events
- NHS Practitioner Health All NHS Staff Common Room Twice Daily supportive group. Please register www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/upcoming events
- NHS Practitioner Health Time to Talk all NHS staff group run by Psychotherapists. Please register www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/upcoming events
- NHS Practitioner Health Mindfulness group. Please register www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/upcoming events
- Health Education England London trainees virtual support groups. Please see https://london.hee.nhs.uk/covid-19-hub/virtual-group-support
- Remember to look up your own Royal Colleges for their own support services
- Remember to look up what your own Trusts are offering for support services
Phone support
- NHS People Confidential. Please text ‘frontline’ to 85258 24/7
- NHS People confidential staff support line 7 days a week from 07.00-23.00. A confidential listening space and specialist advice coaching, bereavement care, mental health and financial help. Please call 0300 131 7000.
- NHS People Confidential Bereavement and loss support between 08:00-20:00. Please call 0300 303 4434
- BMA Wellbeing: Confidential 24/7 counselling and peer support for doctors and medical students. Please call 0330 123 1245.
Online support
- British Doctors and Dentists Group support for doctors with addictions. Please see http://www.bddg.org/peer
- Doctors Support Network peer support network for doctors and medical students. Please see https://www.dsn.org.uk
- Tea and Empathy a Facebook peer support group. Please see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1215686978446877/
- NHS in Mind a free platform to help NHS staff combat fatigue, panic and anxiety. Please see https://www.nhsinmind.co.uk/
- Mindfulness. A series of websites and mindfulness coaches have offered their services during the pandemic. Please see http://www.freemindfulness.org/covid19
- Royal College of Psychiatrists e learning module. Managing stress and burnout. Please see http://www.psychiatrycpd.co.uk/learningmodules/managingstressandavoidingb.aspx
Apps
- Silvercloud. Offering free well-being support for NHS staff and their families. Download the Silvercloud app from your app store. Use access code: NHS2020
- Daylight. Helps people experiencing symptoms of worry and anxiety, using evidence-based cognitive behavioural techniques, voice and animation. Big Health is offering free access to Daylight for all NHS staff until 31 December. Download the Daylight app from your app store (search: Daylight- Worry less)
- Sleepio. A clinically evidenced sleep improvement programme that is fully automated and highly personalised, using cognitive behavioural techniques to help improve poor sleep. Big Health is offering free access to Sleepio for all NHS staff until 31 December. Please see https://onboarding.sleepio.com/sleepio/nhs-staff/77#1/1
- Unmind. A mental health platform that empowers staff to proactively improve their mental wellbeing. Using scientifically backed assessments, tools and training you can measure and manage your personal mental health needs, including digital programmes designed to help with stress, sleep, coping, connection, fulfilment and nutrition. They are offering free access to NHS staff until the end of December 2020. Download the Unmind app from your app store. Your organisation name is ‘NHS’ – if you do not see your NHS email domain please contact [email protected] and include your email domain
- Headspace- already on MDA website
Specialist support
- DocHealth: specialist psychotherapeutic service for doctors supported by the BMA and The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund. Please see https://www.dochealth.org.uk/
- Sick Doctors’ Trust: Support for doctors, dentists, medical students concerned about their use of alcohol or drugs: Please see http://sick-doctors-trust.co.uk/ or call 0370 444 5163 available 24/7
- NHS People support for leaders. Please see https://people.nhs.uk/support-for-leaders/
- Royal Society of Medicine COVID-19 series on YouTube. Episode 10 The Mental Health of NHS Staff. Please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=KJQ6SOBnnlE&feature=emb_logo
- Royal College of Psychiatrists COVID-19 webinars. Please see https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/responding-to-covid-19/responding-to-covid-19-guidance-for-clinicians/elearning-covid-19-guidance-for-clinicians/covid-19-elearning-rcpsych-podcasts-webinars-and-videos
- Royal College of Psychiatrists. A free, confidential support and advice service for members, trainee members and associates of the Royal College of Psychiatrists who find themselves in difficulty or in need of support personally or professionally. It is a dedicated phone helpline, where calls are kept separate from the main College phone line. Please call 020 7245 0412 or email: [email protected]
- Royal College of Surgeons. Confidential Support and Advice Services for surgeons (CSAS). A confidential telephone line as a point of personal contact between surgeons, which is intended to offer a listening ear and act as an informed signpost to appropriate sources of advice and support. Please phone: 020 7869 6221 or email: [email protected]
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. A Mentoring scheme for obstetricians and gynaecologists who are experiencing difficulties in relation to their work. Mentors are Fellows or Members of the College who have had mentoring training. Please call 020 7772 6203 or email: [email protected]
- Pharmacists support. An independent, trusted charity providing a wide variety of support services to pharmacists and their families, former pharmacists and pharmacy students. Please call Enquiry Line: 0808 168 2233, Listening Friends: 0808 168 5133, Addiction Support Programme:0808 168 5132 or email [email protected]. Please visit https://pharmacistsupport.org/
- Royal College of Nursing Self care and Resilience. Please see https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/subject-guides/wellbeing-self-care-and-resilience
- Health Education England London Trainee Support. Please see https://london.hee.nhs.uk/covid-19-hub/11-support
- Health Education England Professional and wellbeing support East of England. This is for all doctors including Trainees, Consultants, Qualified GPs, Non training grades, LEDs and SAS doctors. Please see https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/psw/well-being-covid-19
Spiritual
- MCAPN Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network- already on MDA website
- BIMA already on MDA website
- C.A.L.M. COVID Advice Line for Muslims. The Islamic Council of Europe have set up a national helpline with Islamic scholars on hand to answer any questions including a dedicated service for NHS workers. Monday – Friday 10:00-19:00 (UK BST). Please call 0203 992 7777 or visit https://iceurope.org/CallCalm