Wellbeing Support for Professionals
Supporting key workers is now more important than ever. Below you will find resources, offers and toolkits that may help yourself and your staff during this time.
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Mental Wellbeing
- How are you feeling NHS? 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.
- 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 until 31 December 2020 and is active now.
- The team at Unmind are offering free access to NHS staff until the end of December 2020, which is active now. unmind.com/signup. Sign up with your NHS email address. Download the Unmind app from your appstore - your organisation name is NHS.
- Sleepio and Daylight (developed by Big Health) http://sleepio.com/nhs-staff
Sleepio is a clinically-evidenced sleep improvement programme that is fully automated and highly personalised, using cognitive behavioural techniques to help improve poor sleep. - 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. http://trydaylight.com/nhs-staff
Free access to both Sleepio and Daylight 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. - Every Mind Matters is here to help you manage and maintain your mental health.
- Coronavirus and your wellbeingfor supporting yourself and your colleagues.
- Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has created a free e-learning package in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) which is available to all. It includes programmes on mindfulness and mental health and wellbeing.
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Physical Wellbeing
Keeping physically active is important for not only physical health but for mental wellbeing.
- 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
- PE with Joe - Daily exercise videos with Bodycoach Joe Wicks. You can find it on youtube
- Uplifting Body-Confidence Home Workouts- Five fitness instructors who put body-confidence and feeling good first
- 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:
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Financial Wellbeing
- The government has provided information and guidanceon what financial support may be available to you. You can also access the following:
- Step Changeprovides free advice and practical solutions on debt and how it affects you.
- The Money Charityaims to help people to better manage their money.
- Money Saving Expert has dedicated financial information for COVID-19 including:
- employment advice
- help with finance and bills.
- 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.
- National discounts and priority shopping times available for NHS staff. NHS England has also compiled a list which includes both national and regional offers.
- The government has provided information and guidanceon what financial support may be available to you. You can also access the following:
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Carers
Carers UK supports carers through expert advice, information and support. Read the charity's advice on:
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NHS Employees
Article on adjusting to working from home: 17 ways to practise self care when working from home
NHS Staff National Support Line
Nationally, a new NHS staff wellbeing support helpline went live this weekend at 0300 131 7000, available from 7.00 am – 11.00 pm seven days a week, providing confidential listening from trained professionals and specialist advice, including coaching, bereavement care, mental health and financial help. A 24/7 text alternative to the above helpline can be accessed by simply texting FRONTLINE to 85258.