This special edition newsletter is aimed to signpost you to information and resources available to support your health and wellbeing.There is a wealth of information and resources included below and in addition, please don't forget to look at Coventry and Warwickshire's own website for more information: www.careforyourcareer.co.uk
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Local support available
Mentoring schemes
Coventry and Warwickshire CCGs are pleased to offer a series of mentoring schemes to staff working in Primary Care in the Coventry and Warwickshire area.
GP Mentor scheme
All GPs including salaried partners and locums can benefit from mentoring/coaching from fellow GPs. The offer is to receive regular mentoring from a local mentor in the areas you wish to cover. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Health and wellbeing
- Resilience – personal and organisational
- Career progression
- Ongoing education
- Succession planning
- General practice workforce support
- Recruitment support
- Working differently – i.e portfolio careers
If you would like a mentor, you can contact any of the mentors that are profiles in the attached pack. You can find out more about the scheme here
Practice Manager/Practice Nurse Mentor scheme
Practice Managers (PMs) and Practice Nurses (PNs) can access mentoring/coaching from fellow PMs and Practice Nurses PNs. The offer is to receive regular mentoring from a local mentor in the areas you wish to cover. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Health and wellbeing
- Resilience – personal and organisational
- Career progression
- Ongoing education
- Succession planning
- General practice workforce support
- Recruitment support
- Working differently – i.e portfolio careers
If you would like a mentor, you can contact any of the mentors that are profiles in the attached pack. You can find out more about the scheme here
Relaxation classes
CWPT have some relaxation exercises available on their website. Progressive muscle relaxation takes you through your whole body, learning to tense and then relax the muscles. With practice this leads to feeling relaxed and it becomes a skill that you can use anytime you need click here
Care For Your Career
The Care For Your Career website has been developed by the three CCGs in Coventry and Warwickshire. You'll find information on the different projects and initiatives to support primary care staff in their roles and opportunities to grow and develop in primary care. From creating networking and mentoring opportunities for newly qualified GPs to running training programmes for practice nurses and helping people return to work. Primary care staff at all stages of their careers are supported through these initiatives. Alongside our initiatives aimed at the new-to-practice workforce, there are a number of programmes dedicated to those already established in their careers.
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National resources and support available
Mental health and wellbeing resources
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE) has created a range of support offers to suit different needs. Please make use of the tried and tested resources available from Our NHS People as well as NHS Employers.
NHSEI is investing an extra £15m to strengthen mental health support for NHS staff as parts of efforts to deal with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is in addition to the commitments in the People Plan.
How are you feeling today NHS? toolkit
NHS Employers has developed a toolkit alongside NHS staff to support with having conversations around mental health and wellbeing. The aim of the resource is to:
- help bridge a gap in understanding and enable us to talk openly and regularly about emotional health
- assess the impact emotional wellbeing has on ourselves, our colleagues and on our patients
- enable us to action plan to enable more good days than bad.
Mental Health at Work
Mental Health at Work has pulled together resources available for NHS staff during this time. The toolkit includes self care information, online resources and helplines which are available to NHS staff. You can access the toolkit here
Confidential support lines
Support available |
Contact details |
Samaritans staff support line – free to access from 7:00am – 11:00pm, seven days a week |
0800 069 6222 |
Bereavement support line - available from 8:00am-8:00pm, seven days a week.Callers have access to a team of fully qualified and trained bereavement specialists who provide support with bereavement and wellbeing issues relating to loss experienced through work. |
0800 2600 400 |
Counselling support from ACC – a free service which offers up to 10 online or telephone counselling sessions to: people working within the NHS, people working in residential care homes and/or anyone who has been bereaved during this the pandemic. This confidential service is open to people of all beliefs and people can ask to be matched based on ethnicity. |
0247 644 9694 |
Project 5 – offers free 1-2-1, l support sessions for NHS staff. Project 5 is led by Clinicians and coaches and links staff to professionals with the skills to assist at times of crisis. |
www.project5.org
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Financial Support – NHS people can call this support line, provided by the Money Advice Service, for free and impartial money advice, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. This service is also available via an app. |
0800 448 0826 |
Apps
• Access to Stay Alive, a suicide support mental health app to support those experiencing suicidal thoughts or those concerned about others https://people.nhs.uk/help/support-apps/stayalive/
• Access to mental health apps such as Headspace, Sleepio, SilverCloud, Daylight and Unmind
• Access to Liberate meditation which offers culturally sensitive and diverse meditations and talks that have been curated for the BAMEcommunity. The app aims to help reduce anxiety, alleviate stress and promote rest https://people.nhs.uk/help/support-apps/liberate-meditation/
For more information on the support available via NSHEI click here
Field Guide to self care
Help for Heroes, through their work supporting veterans, are experts in supporting people who work in tense and traumatic environments - and have produced this guide specifically to support you at this time.
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