Older Peoples Service (South)
Peer Support is now available for all NHS and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff across Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a way to support our colleagues. We know that when people feel supported and heard, this has a positive impact on their wellbeing and resilience. It can help to provide a space for someone to make sense of their recent experiences, which can give them a sense of control and help them feel capable of managing difficult situations. It is a supportive and flexible response, which acknowledges and understands that stress and experiencing struggles at times, is a normal part of life.
Wellbeing Support
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Your health and wellbeing matters to us. This section gives details of resources and support services available.
Your Educational Supervisor is the suggested first point of contact but there are many other sources of support available both formally and informally.
· Free wellbeing support helpline on 0800 069 6222, operated by the Samaritans and available from 7.00am – 11.00pm seven days a week, providing confidential listening from trained professionals.
· A 24/7 text alternative to the above helpline - NHS staff can simply text FRONTLINE to 85258.
· A confidential bereavement support line, operated by Hospice UK and free to access from 8:00am – 8:00pm, seven days a week on 0300 303 4434.
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 is available to all NHS staff with an NHS email address.
How NHS staff can get access:
· go to 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 their FAQs and support for more information.
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, fulfilment and nutrition.
The team at Unmind are offering free access to NHS staff which is active now.
How NHS staff can get access:
· go to https://nhs.unmind.com/signup
· sign up with your NHS email address.
· download the Unmind app from your app store - your organisation name is NHS.
Sleepio (developed by Big Health) 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 both Sleepio is active now. 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 the following link on your laptop or desktop computer: https://onboarding.sleepio.com/sleepio/healthandcare-scot/171#1/1
· sign up for an account using your name and email address.
· click ‘Personalise Sleepio’.
· get started.
Stay Alive
NHS and social care staff have free access to the Stay Alive app which aims to provide help to people with existing mental health concerns, suicidal thoughts, and those struggling in self isolation. It provides information to help colleagues stay safe, including advice for people concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.
Available for free through the App Store and Google Play, the app is fully functional for offline use once downloaded. Users also have the option to create a profile to synchronise their data for use with the online version.
How are you feeling NHS?
This toolkit is an easy-to-use resource that was developed with NHS staff to encourage conversation in the workplace and enable us to talk openly and regularly about emotional health. www.nhsemployers.org/howareyoufeelingnhs
Every Mind Matters
Every Mind Matters is here to help you manage and maintain your mental health. www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/
Mind
The charity Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. The charity has a range of suggestions that could help your wellbeing during this difficult time including this guidance on: Coronavirus and your wellbeing for supporting yourself and your colleagues. www.mind.org.uk.
Project5
Project5 will give NHS staff access to free one-to-one support sessions with either accredited clinical psychologists, mental health experts or coaches, via an online booking system. www.project5.org.
Harley Therapy
Harley Therapy is offering free therapy sessions for NHS workers from qualified therapists. The sessions cover psychotherapy and counselling. www.harleytherapy.co.uk.
Frontline 19
Frontline 19 is offering free online wellbeing support sessions with therapists including psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists, to support frontline staff, working in partnership with Helpforce. www.frontline19.com.
NHS Practitioner Health
NHS Practitioner Health is supporting the mental health of doctors with a range of free tools and resources. www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk.
Bereavement support line: 0300 303 4434
Grassroots
A charity who aim to prevent suicide through open and direct conversations. Their free app is an easily accessible suicide prevention resource, packed full of useful information to help colleagues stay safe. Colleagues can use it if they are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide. www.prevent-suicide.org.uk.
Support Now
Support Now also has other general mental health and wellbeing self-help apps available.
GGC Wellbeing Resource Page - a list of resources available for NHSGGC staff.
Wellbeing Glasgow - Downloadable Leaflets on Anxiety, Low Mood, Sleeping, Managing Your Own Health Worries, A Fiery Temper, Panic Attacks, Self Esteem, Feeling Stressed. http://wellbeing-glasgow.org.uk/
NHS Inform Mental Health Zone – Access to a library of Mental Health self help guides. www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-health
Self Help for NHSGGC Staff – Support for money advice, caring for carers, mental health and Living Life to the Full.
GGC. Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy.
Having a Good Day at Work – Looking after your psychological wellbeing – Resilience and Wellbeing Toolkit. NB: you must be on the NHSGGC network to access this StaffNet page www.staffnet.ggc.scot.nhs.uk/Human%20Resources/Organisational%20Development/Pages/ResilienceToolkit.aspx
Resilience Assessment.www.robertsoncooper.com/iresilience/
NHSGGC Occupational Health Access to Counselling – Self Referral.
Mentally Healthy Workplace Online Training. http://elearning.healthscotland.com/
Health Working Life from Public Health Scotland. Access to workplace guidance, training and resources. www.healthyworkinglives.scot/workplace-guidance/Pages/workplace-guidance.aspx
See Me – End Mental Health Discrimination. See Me in Work Programme. www.seemescotland.org/workplace/
MIND for better mental health - support and resources relating to workplace. www.mind.org.uk/workplace/
Guides on looking after your own mental health.www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health/looking-after-your-mental-health
Breathing Space.https://breathingspace.scot/
Project Happiness - Empowering people to create greater happiness in themselves and the world. https://projecthappiness.org/
Headspace – Free for NHS staff to access, offering meditation, sleep hygiene and wake up strategies, managing stress and anxiety, movement and health Living and Mindfulness. www.headspace.com/
Subsidised Gym Membership Programme – This can be applied to all local Councils in the Glasgow and the Surrounding areas.
Counselling and Peer support for Doctors and Medical Students (regardless of BMA Membership) – run by BMA. www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/your-wellbeing/wellbeing-support-services/counselling-and-peer-support-for-doctors-and-medical-students.
The One You website highlights the importance about health and encourages you to make changes to manage and maintain mental health. You can take online quizzes to:
· see what your heart age is and how to improve
· calculate your BMI
· discover simple steps to being more healthy.
It also has information to support you with your blood pressure, diabetes checks and where you can access NHS health checks. www.nhs.uk/oneyou/
#DoingOurBit fitness platform. A new wellbeing initiative that offers free virtual fitness classes specifically to NHS staff has been set up by West Midlands Clinical Research Network (part of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust). NHS staff can access a collection of fitness videos to do at home to keep up their fitness and encourage a more active lifestyle. https://doingourbit.org.uk/
Movement for Modern Life. This is a British online yoga platform that brings together world class yoga teachers, inspired movement and mindfulness into your home or a place of comfort. It encourages it’s members to look after their physical health, in order to promote good mental health and wellbeing. NHS staff are being offered free access to a range of resources, including breathwork sessions, stress reduction classes which can be done at a time convenient to you, in your home or in the workplace, a selection of energising morning classes and evening classes that aim to help you wind down or recharge.
How NHS staff can get access:
· access Movement for Modern Life: https://movementformodernlife.com/
· you will need to use your NHS email address to sign up.
Couch to 5K
Free app that provides a structured approach to those new to running and for those hoping to improve distance, speed and time. You can access the app and information in the Apple store and in Google Play.
Down Dog
Calling all doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals!
We know many of you are on the front lines right now, trying to restore people to good health and curb this pandemic. Thank you so much for your service during this unprecedented time. We believe that stressful times like these are precisely when people need wellness practices the most. Especially you. So that your mental and physical wellness routines can remain uninterrupted even as yoga studios and gyms shut down, we have made all of our apps - Down Dog, HIIT, Meditation, Barre, and Prenatal Yoga - completely free for you through January 1, 2022. We hope that these practices may provide you with a moment’s peace, and help you recharge when you are away from your patients. www.downdogapp.com/healthcare
The government has provided information and guidance on what financial support may be available to you.
Step Change provides free advice and practical solutions on debt and how it affects you. www.stepchange.org/
The Money Charity aims to help people to better manage their money. https://themoneycharity.org.uk/
Money Saving Expert has dedicated financial information for COVID-19, including employment advice and help with finance and bills. www.moneysavingexpert.com/
The Debt Advice Foundation is a registered national debt advice and education charity offering free, confidential support and advice to anyone worried about loans, credit and debt. www.debtadvicefoundation.org/
Refuge is the UK's largest single provider of domestic and gender-based violence services. www.refuge.org.uk/
The National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge, is a national service for women experiencing domestic violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf. www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
Relate provides relationship support for people of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations. www.relate.org.uk/
Bright Sky is a free to download mobile app providing support and information for anyone who may be in an abusive relationship or those concerned about someone they know. You can access the app and information in the Apple store and in Google Play.
Carers UK supports carers through expert advice, information and support. www.carersuk.org/. Read the charity's advice on:
· COVID-19
· COVID-19 - further support
Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) team has worked with Carers UK to develop a free online resource to support the vital care that unpaid carers provide. The Supporting Unpaid Carers e-learning resource is for everyone who provides care and support to a family member or friend due to their disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem or other health and care needs.
It is available on HEE’s e-LfH website at www.e-lfh.org.uk/. It offers a variety of e-learning sessions with expert advice from Carers UK, resources, guides and videos to support unpaid carers.
Cityparents’ programme offers expertise and support to help you balance work with family life. Their online programme of support and resources to NHS employees is without charge until 30th June 2021. The programme is positive and practical support for working parents, delivered through expert-led webinars/seminars, advice, peer insights, online articles, blogs and podcasts.
How NHS staff can get access:
· Access Cityparents: www.cityparents.co.uk/
· Complete your registration using your work email address.
NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched a suite of leadership support. https://people.nhs.uk/support-for-leaders/