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Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
There are a range of support options available to health and care professionals, including mental health, counselling, addiction support, regulatory guidance, financial assistance, and peer networks.
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BMA Wellbeing Directory
Comprehensive listing of UK wellbeing and support services for health and care professionals.
Practitioner Health
NHS service providing mental health and addiction support for health and care professionals.
Doctors in Distress
Charity offering group support to reduce burnout and isolation.
Doctors
BMA Counselling and Peer Support
24/7 helpline and free counselling for BMA members.
MDDUS Counselling
MDDUS offers a confidential support service to its members that is available 24/7.
Medical Protection Society
Guidance, advice, and defence - all the protection you need under one roof.
Doctors' Support Network
Peer support for doctors with mental health concerns.
Psychiatrist Support Service
Provides free, rapid, high quality peer support by telephone to psychiatrists of all grades who may be experiencing personal or work-related difficulties.
Doctors' Support Group
Support network for doctors facing GMC investigations.
Doctors in Distress
Charity offering group support to reduce burnout and isolation.
British Doctors & Dentists Group
Support for doctors and dentists recovering from addiction.
Sick Doctors Trust
Confidential help for doctors dealing with addiction.
Doctors Association UK
Advocacy and support network for doctors.
Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
Financial and practical support for doctors and their families.
Tea & Empathy
Facebook group
Peer-to-peer support group for NHS staff with the option to post anonymously.
The Society for Assistance of Medical Families
The Society assists necessitous widows, widowers, orphans and dependants of doctors in times of hardship.
Nurses
Royal College of Nursing
Paramedics
The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC)
Support for the mental, physical, and financial wellbeing of ambulance staff.
College of Paramedics
Professional body providing support and resources for paramedics.
Social Workers
British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Professional support and wellbeing resources for social workers.
Social Workers' Benevolent Trust
Financial support for social workers in times of need.
Dentists
Dentists' Health Support Trust
Confidential support and addiction help for dentists through the Sick Doctors Trust.
British Dental Association
Professional support and wellbeing resources for dentists.
Dental Defence Union
Guidance, advice, and defence - all the protection you need under one roof.
Psychologists
British Psychological Society
Guidance and resources for psychologists' mental health.
Coaching Offers
Londonwide LMCs
London wide LMC‘s GP Professional Support Network provide confidential, expert and impartial one-to-one advice and support to any individual constituent GP. Your LMC may have a local offer depending on your area.
NHS Leadership Academy
NHS Leadership Academy offers coaching and mentoring opportunities to support health and care leadership development. They also offer a variety of leadership programmes depending on your current role.
Joyful Doctors
Joyful Doctors offers coaching with founder Dr Caroline Walker, and signpost to trusted and experienced coaches who offer pro-bono or reduced fee sessions on a case-by-case basis.
NHS Elect
NHS Elect offer up to six hours of coaching sessions for NHS staff. If you work at an organisation that is a full member of the NHS Elect network, you will need your local account lead to agree with the assignment of resources for coaching. If you work in an organisation that is not a full member of the NHS Elect Network, you can still access coaching but will need to have identified resources to support this.
NHS Primary Care Training Hubs
NHS Primary Care Training Hubs support the recruitment, retention, and return of primary care staff across England, some of which offer coaching and mentoring.
Doctors' Support Network Coaching Project
Doctors’ Support Network Coaching Project provides free short-term coaching intervention focusing on UK-based doctors with career concerns related to their mental health.
Akeso
Akeso is a non-for-profit organisation run by experienced healthcare professionals. They provide a holistic model of coaching that offers a confidential, safe, creative space where you can reflect on both your life and career.
GP-S
Offers free coaching for general practice staff in the following areas:
- Nottinghamshire: GPs and final year GP trainees can access six hours of coaching over 12 months.
- Sheffield: GPs can access six hours of coaching over 12 months.
- South Yorkshire: GPs, GPNs and ARRS roles can access six hours of coaching over 12 months.
- Suffolk and North East Essex: GPs, GPNs and ARRS roles can access six hours of coaching over 12 months.
- Mid and South Essex: GPs and GP Trainees in Mid and South Essex can access eight hours of support across 12 months.
Dental Mentors UK
Dental Mentors UK is a community that provides tailored mentoring support to UK dental
registrants. They also offer support to develop skills or competencies as a result of a complaint or GDC Fitness to Practice investigation.
Melanin Medics: The Enrichment Programme
Melanin Medics: The Enrichment Programme is a development programme designed for final year medical students of Black, African, and Caribbean heritage, including students of mixed race heritage studying Medicine in the UK. The programme includes one-to-one monthly mentoring sessions, peer-to-peer group sessions, tailored clinical and non clinical webinars, inperson networking social event, and virtual delivery.
TPC Health
TPC Health offer training for health coaching in the health and social care sector.
The BME Leadership Network
The BME Leadership Network offers leadership development masterclasses to its network members. They also offer paid programmes, including the Diversity in Health
and Care Partners Programme (limited places available with start date in October 2025), and the Tackling Inequalities Leadership Programme.
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Riverside Medical Centre
Hobart House
St George Wharf
London
SW8 2JB
Telephone: 0300 0303 300
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