Wellbeing Support
The LLR Training Hub has collated and listed below a number of sources of support that have been made available for all staff in primary care to access, free of charge. A number of these have only recently been made available in recognition of the current pressures on staff in light of COVID-19. Please feel free to access as many of these offers below as you would like, and to share with your colleagues. A summary of each offer is included alongside the link or contact information.
Local Offers
All General Practice staff who feel they are in any way affected by Covid-19 can self–refer to the confidential emotional and psychological support service.
Telephone: 0116 2544388 or by Contacting AMICA
Regional Offers
NHS Practitioner Health – NHSPH; Doctors, Dentists and Staff at Grade 8d or above (or equivalent) – these staff are able to self-refer to the service. This is in recognition of the additional barriers that staff in these roles may face when accessing care confidentially. The registration forms for these groups are on the Practitioner Health Website
National Offers
Wellbeing Support Options: NHS England has commissioned a range of services to support colleagues in general practice.
Looking After You: Confidential Coaching and Support for the Primary Care Workforce:
NHS England have developed three confidential coaching offers which have been designed to be easily accessible and tailored to your individual needs. The experienced coaches can help you as an individual, support you to manage your team and reflect on your career goals and ambitions.
This is an opportunity to prioritise your needs whilst you are also taking care of others. View each offer below, available to everyone working in primary care.
Looking after you too - coaching about you and your wellbeing
This coaching focuses on you and your wellbeing, and you can talk about things like:
- the pressures and challenges you are facing
- how you are thinking and feeling
- coping with the demands of your role.
The coaching is designed to support you to develop practical strategies to cope with your situation and stay well.
Looking after your team – coaching about you and your team
If you lead, manage, or organise a team or group in primary care you can access this offer to talk about things like:
- how your team is working together
- developing ways to improve team relationships
- developing a more compassionate and collaborative culture.
The coaching is orientated towards supporting you to develop practical strategies and make small improvements that enable healthy team working.
Looking after your career – coaching about you and your career
This is an opportunity to focus on you and your career. You can use this coaching to talk about things like:
- planning your career progression
- your options and making choices
- career decisions.
The coaching is designed to support you to take practical steps, take more control over your career direction and proactively advance it.
NHS Helpline Supporting Mental Health:
The NHS has launched a helpline to provide mental health support to NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, in partnership with Hospice UK and bereavement support service Just ‘B’ among other charities. The phone number is 0300 131 7000 or staff can text FRONTLINE to 85258. The phone line will be open between 7 am and 11 pm every day, while the text service will be 24/7.
Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare workers (University of Nottingham):
A learning tool that includes self-care strategies, how to access support in the workplace and links to additional resources.
Wellbeing apps for NHS Staff
Unmind
Unmind is 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, fulfillment and nutrition. The team at Unmind are offering free access to NHS staff until the end of December 2020
Go to nhs.unmind.com/signup - sign up with your NHS email address, and then download the Unmind app from your appstore – (your organisation name is NHS). If you do not see your NHS email domain or have another support query, please visit the FAQs and support for more information.
Headspace
Headspace is a science-backed app in mindfulness and meditation, providing unique tools and resources to help reduce stress, build resilience, and aid better sleep. Free access to all NHS staff with an NHS email address is available until 31 December 2020 and is active now.
How NHS staff can get access:
- Go to https://www.headspace.com/nhs for NHS staff to access, with the option to select clinical or non-clinical staff to start enrolling.
- You will need to use your NHS email address to sign up.
Access the FAQs and support for more information.
Sleepio (developed by Big Health)
Sleepio is a clinically-evidenced sleep improvement programme that is fully automated and highly personalised, using cognitive behavioural techniques to help improve poor sleep. Free access to Sleepio is active now until 31 December 2020. This includes staff working in the NHS who do not currently have an NHS email address, such as medical students and former staff returning to the workforce. How to access Sleepio:
- Click on this link on your laptop or desktop computer:
- Sign up for an account using your name and email address.
- Click ‘Personalise Sleepio’.
Daylight (developed by Big Health)
Daylight is a smartphone-based app that provides help to people experiencing symptoms of worry and anxiety, using evidence-based cognitive behavioural techniques, voice, and animation. How to access Daylight:
- Click on the this link
- Answer a few short questions to tailor the programme to you.
- Sign up for an account using your name and email address.
- Download the Daylight smartphone app (search ‘Daylight - Worry Less’ on both iPhone and Android).
Health Education England Support
There is a wealth of information available from Health Education England, with a focus upon wellbeing
We use cookies to help provide you with the best possible online
experience.
By using this site, you agree that we may store and access cookies
on your device.
Find out about our cookies.