A happy, healthy and productive workforce
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Useful Links

There are lots of local and national organisations which provide advice, guidance and support for mental and physical health, details of which can be found here

Here are links to other organisations who may also be able to help

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust – the mental health, learning disabilities and community health trust for Gloucestershire.
www.ghc.nhs.uk

The National NHS Practitioner Health Programme – a free, confidential service for doctors and dentists who have mental or physical health concerns and or addiction problems, in particular where this may affect work
www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/

Let’s Talk – IAPT service to help people in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire living with anxiety, stress or depression.
www.letstalkglos.nhs.uk

MIND – supporting good mental health
www.mind.org.uk 

Reading Well – supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading available to borrow free from public libraries. The books are all endorsed by health experts, as well as people with living with the conditions covered and their relatives and carers. You can be recommended a title by a health professional, or you can visit your local library and take a book out yourself.
reading-well.org.uk

Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service
www.gdass.org.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire
www.hlsglos.org

NHS Health at Work
www.nhshealthatwork.co.uk

Health and Safety Executive – work-related stress
www.hse.gov.uk/stress

British Heart Foundation
www.bhf.org.uk

British Dyslexia Association
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Type 2 Diabetes – Know your Risk 
www.diabetes.org.uk

NHS – symptom checker and general information
www.nhs.uk

NHS Health Check– check your heart age
www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-health-check/check-your-heart-age-tool

NHS Employers – How are you feeling? toolkit
www.nhsemployers.org

Faculty of Occupational Medicine
www.fom.ac.uk

NHSBT Blood Donation
www.blood.co.uk

Royal College of Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk

NHS Jobs
www.jobs.nhs.uk

SilverCloud – You and your family can also access free and confidential self-help via SilverCloud, an online cognitive behavioural therapy programme that offers programmes to help ease your levels of stress, sleep better or to build resilience.   Access SilverCloud here and use the access code GHCSTAFF or GHCFAMILY during the sign-up process.

Wellbeing support for NHS people – confidential listening from trained professionals and specialist advice. Text FRONTLINE to 85258.

Qwell – Qwell provides a confidential on-line counselling and well-being service for adults. The service provides an opportunity to talk online to qualified counsellors, to read and write articles on well-being, to get online support from the Qwell community, and to set personal goals and record how you feel The service is available between the following hours: Monday – Friday 12pm – 10pm, Saturday – Sunday 6pm – 10pm. All you need to do to use the service is to access it for free, here: https://www.qwell.io/

You will need to register for an account, but there is no charge for joining. The Trust’s Health and Well-being Hub would be pleased to hear of any feedback from colleagues or their partners who use the Qwell service. If you’d like to provide feedback, please email to Anis.Ghanti@ghc.nhs.uk

Covid and Mental Health

At times of change and pressure, there are a number of natural responses including feelings of anxiety, tension and pre-occupation. You may find that it takes more effort to function or concentrate at the moment. In addition, you may be feeling more tired and irritable or notice that your short-term memory is disrupted. It is really important to treat yourself and your colleagues with respect and compassion at this time. Please make your own wellbeing a priority and put time and effort into the relationships with people who matter to you.  Some self-care resources that you may find helpful to maintain your own wellbeing throughout the current crisis can be found here.

Support for BAME Staff – Liberate Meditation have partnered with the NHS to provide staff free access to their meditation and mindfulness app. The app offers culturally sensitive and diverse meditations, curated for the BAME community, by the BAME community, aiming to reduce anxiety, alleviate stress and promote rest. All NHS staff have access to this resource via the NHS People site: (https://people.nhs.uk/help/support-apps/liberate-meditation/)

MindEd –Health Education England has launched a site called MindEd with resilience advice from management and leadership, dealing with stress, through to bereavement or trauma. Visit MindEd

Unmind – An app aimed at improving mental wellbeing using assessments, tools and training. Free access to NHS colleagues until 31 December 2020.  Sign up here using your NHS email address.  Download the Unmind app from the your app store and select your organisation name as ‘NHS’.

Headspace – An app built to provide mindfulness and meditation techniques to help reduce stress, build resilience and improve sleep. Free access to NHS colleagues until 31 December 2020. Sign up here and follow the instructions. You will need to use your NHS email address to sign up.

Sleepio – A personalised sleep improvement programme using cognitive behavioural techniques. Free access for NHS colleagues until 31 December 2020. Sign up here and using the code NHS2020. Complete a sleep test and then you are ready to start.

Daylight – Help with worry and anxiety using cognitive behavioural techniques, voice and animations. Free access for NHS colleagues until 31 December 2020. Sign up here. Answer a few questions to tailor your programme.  Once signed up, download the Daylight – Worry Less app on your app store.

Audio Guides – Low mood, sadness and depression. The NHS has a range of mental wellbeing audio guides, between 6-10 minutes long.

  • Anxiety control
  • Overcoming sleep problems
  • Low confidence
  • Unhelpful thinking

They are available online on the national NHS website here

Working Well

We are here to support and advise you. We can help with redeployment guidance and ensuring you are safe to work. Please email: workingwell@ghc.nhs.uk 

For covid-19 support please put ‘Covid-19’ in the subject line.
For pregnancy support please put ‘pregnancy’ in the subject line.
For counselling support, please put ‘counselling request’ in the subject line.

We are currently offering counselling sessions virtually or by telephone. For details on other Working Well services, including New Employee Screening and Immunisation, please click here. More information is also available online at www.workingwellglos.nhs.uk

Every Mind Matters – Taking care of your mind as well as your body is really important while staying at home because of coronavirus (COVID-19). You may feel bored, frustrated or lonely. You may also be low, worried or anxious, or concerned about your finances, your health or those close to you. There are things you can do now to help you keep on top of your mental wellbeing and cope with how you may feel while staying at home. Make sure you get further support if you feel you need it.

Spiritual and Pastoral Care – Available for all colleagues. The Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Team (David Hughes and Bill Wright) is available to provide support to all colleagues, irrespective of religious beliefs. Call: 01452 894540 or email SpiritualCare@ghc.nhs.uk