Sometimes life can feel hard and confusing. No matter how much we think about the issues we face, it doesn’t feel like there’s anything we can do.
Talking about your problems can really help. Sometimes that’s easier if it’s with someone who isn’t involved in your work or home life. Our Staff Wellbeing Chaplains are trained to listen impartially, with an open mind and heart, to help you reflect upon what is most important to you.
Contact the team at: khft.staffwellbeingappointments@nhs.net
Teams in the hospital setting are used to debriefs in which practices and procedures are evaluated and developed but it can also be helpful to talk through the impact of our work on ourselves as human beings at the emotional, relational and spiritual level. This is particularly important after a difficult or distressing incident but also good for ongoing health & wellbeing.
The Staff Health & Wellbeing Team can help you to do this by acting as an impartial and compassionate guide through the debriefing process. Please contact us for more information.
Working in a hospital setting can sometimes feel like a roller coaster ride, hurtling between delight and despair with little opportunity to reflect on either the personal or professional impact of our work on individuals an teams.
To respond to this an interactive workshop has been developed through which your team can explore and further develop the ability to helpfully manage pressure levels and stress in order to maintain or restore wellbeing. It includes reflecting on the nature of workplace stressors and our personal relationship with stress, gives practical ways to relax and rebalance and helps staff integrate self-care into their daily life to increase personal resilience.
Please contact us for more information and to discuss the needs of your team.
The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is available for 24 hour advice and referral to counselling.
Well Online: A wide range of information and suggestions for additional resources from our Employee Assistance Service provided by CiC.
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Our NHS People: An extensive pool of guides, support packages, courses and resources designed specifically for NHS staff.
NHS Moodzone: Help for stress, anxiety & depression. Includes information on mindfulness practice
Mind: A national mental health charity. ‘We can help you make choices about treatment, understand your rights or reach out to sources of support.’
Headspace: A science-backed mindfulness and meditation app, providing unique tools and resources to help reduce stress, build resilience, and aid better sleep.
They are offering free access to all NHS staff with an NHS email address until 31 December, active now.
For NHS staff to gain access:
1. Go to https://www.headspace.com/nhs and select clinical or non-clinical staff to start enrolling
2. You will need to use your NHS email address to sign up
Unmind: A mental health platform that empowers users to manage their personal needs with digital programmes designed to help with stress, sleep, coping, connection, fulfilment and nutrition.
For NHS staff to gain access:
1. Go to nhs.unmind.com/signup and sign up with your NHS email addres
2. Download the Unmind app from your appstore – your organisation name is NHS.
Get Self Help: A collection of online self-help and therapy resources, many grounded in the practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Kingston iCope: A psychological therapies service offering a range of NHS-recommended treatment and support for anyone registered with a Kingston GP.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Search Tool: Find readable, user-friendly and evidence-based information about mental health problems and treatments produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
NHS Apps Library: Find free digital tools to help you manage and improve your health.
Cruse Bereavement Care: Access to a range of resources, guides and a helpline for anyone experiencing bereavement.
Every day there can be challenges at home or at work that affect how we feel and hamper our wellbeing. Over time, even small problems start to test our coping skills. Feeling anxious, low, stressed or even unable to sleep can badly impact on you and the people around you.
At Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we can now use ‘Good Thinking’, any time night or day, when life starts taking a toll. Good Thinking is a unique digital wellbeing service designed to support Londoners who are looking for personalised new ways to improve how they feel every day. It offers safe, proactive, early intervention tools to help with the four most common wellbeing concerns: anxiety, depression, stress, sleep.
You are encouraged to visit www.good-thinking.uk any time day or night. There are simple three-question wellbeing check-ups about anxiety, stress, sleep and feeling low, you can click to from the homepage. Depending on your answers, Good Thinking will recommend five of its most appropriate resources you can explore on your own. There are over 120 resources available including mobile apps, websites, downloadable guides and more information about health services to consider. Most resources are free, some have a small charge, and some are made free if you access them via Good Thinking. Everything you do on Good Thinking is anonymous and all resources have been reviewed by a Consultant Psychiatrist.
Click here to go direct to a list of the Top 10 Good Thinking resources.
The British Psychotherapy Foundation has launched a “Support is Key” project – for those working within the NHS, Social Care, Police and Fire Service, and who have been affected by the recent Coronavirus outbreak. This project offers you up to 6 free sessions with a trained psychotherapist, who will offer an opportunity to talk to them – remotely until face to face therapy resumes – about how you might have been affected by these difficult circumstances.
To improve your mental health, sometimes all it takes is by doing one simple thing.
Not sure what to start? The Staff Health & Wellbeing Team created the following video for World Mental Health Day 2020. See if it inspires you to do one thing today:
My Lifestyle is a staff benefits portal, grouping a collection of discounts, financial services, family support, wellbeing programmes and advice groups.
