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Health and Wellbeing

We know that our primary care staff strive to deliver the best possible care for patients, which is why it is crucial they look after their own mental and physical wellbeing.

We have provided a range of resources below to help support you within your primary care role. 

If your life is at imminent risk, please call 999 for immediate help.

This month the spotlight is on the Hub of Hope

The Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database. It is provided by national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support and services together in one place for the first time.
The Hub of Hope has directed hundreds of thousands of people to life-changing and even life-saving support and it is now the UK’s go-to mental health support signposting tool, with thousands of local, regional and national support groups and services listed.

Useful Links

Crisis Mental Health Support through 111

NHS 111 offering crisis mental health support for the first time

Doctors in Distress

UK Charity promotes and protects the mental Health of all healthcare workers and prevents suicide in the medical profession

Domestic Abuse 

Free training for health professionals and others to support victims

Elsie Wagg Innovation Scholarship 2024

This is a joint programme between the Queen's Nursing Institute and the National Garden Scheme, looking for innovative nurse-led projects that use gardens and gardening to benefit people's physical, mental or emotional health with funding of up to £5000 for each successful project. 

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Here For You: Live Workshops

Here For You is an NHS Surrey-wide specialist staff mental health and wellbeing service offering a range of virtual workshops each month, including Stress & Burnout, Vicarious Trauma & Leadership workshops. The workshops are open to all Primary Care staff within Surrey Heartlands ICS.

Mental Health Training

Information about mental health related training in Surrey

Mind Matters

Easy access to mental health services across Surrey

NHS England

A wide range of free services available to NHS staff to support both your mental and physical wellbeing

NHS England Health and Wellbeing Champions

A Health and Wellbeing Champion role is intended to be filled by colleagues within an organisation or team, who have a particular interest in health and wellbeing and who are keen to support the wellbeing of their colleagues.  Click on the link below to find out more.

Practitioner Health

The service can help with a range of mental health conditions and addictions in primary care settings

Responding To Concerns

How, as clinicians, we respond to challenge is crucial, and NHS England (NHSE) South East Professional Standards (PS) Team are keen to support you in the circumstances.

Shout

Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, Text:85258 free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere.

Taking Care of Primary Care

5 Ways to Nature Connection for Workplace Wellbeing with NatureWell

Work Well Monthly Webinars for Surrey Heartlands ICB

Live monthly interactive webinars delivered by Dr Rachel Morris (former GP, founder of Wild Monday, creator of the Shapes Toolkit™ Training and host of You Are Not A Frog Podcast) and the Wild Monday team of doctors, trainers and coaches.

They focus on the REAL issues and challenges that doctors and other professionals in healthcare are facing right now and use simple, evidence-based tools to offer practical and tangible solutions.

P.S. CPD forms are provided, so you can claim CPD for attending.

Working Together to Prevent Suicide

A suicide prevention toolkit for NHS employees in collaboration with NHS Confederation

Register here for a Looking After Your Team Virtual Away Day.


Click here to register for Your Live Workshop with Here for You (Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust).

Useful videos:

https://youokaydoc.org.uk/  (peer support sessions)

https://theworkwelldoctors.wixsite.com/home  

https://www.joyfuldoctor.com/  (peer support sessions)

https://www.frontline19.com/  (free 1-1 psychological support)

https://amparo.org.uk/  support following suicide commissioned in Hampshire

https://www.rethink.org/help-in-your-area/services/community-support/surrey-support-after-suicide/

Useful Books:

Linda Gask: The Other Side of Silence: A psychiatrist’s memoir of depression 

Dame Clare Gerada: Beneath the White Coat – Doctors, their minds and mental health

Simon Maltais: Healthcare Anonymous – Put yourself first to avoid anxiety, addiction and burnout

Dr Robin Youngson: Time to Care – how to love your patients and your job

Bessel Van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score

Petra Jones: Doctors as Patients

Joanna Cannon: Breaking and Mending. A junior doctor’s stories of compassion and burnout

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