Wellbeing resources

Below, we signpost you to some of the resources that exist to help you maintain your wellbeing and good mental health during this COVID-19 pandemic.

It is okay to stop working if you need to.

Helplines

NHS England:
0300 131 7000 (available from 7am – 11pm seven days a week)
Health for health professionals Wales:
0800 058 2738 (available Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm)
Samaritans frontline support for keyworkers:
116 123 (available 24/7)
Mind:
0300 123 3393 (available 24/7)

Text

Shout 24/7 text support service:

Text FRONTLINE to 85258, if you are working on the frontline fighting COVID-19
Text BLUELIGHT to 85258, if you are part of the emergency services
Text KEYWORKER to 85258, if you a key worker

Online

Apps

The NHS has partnered with Headspace, UnMind and Big Health to offer apps free of charge to support NHS staff
NHS apps library provides a range of wellbeing apps assessed against NHS standards

Your professional body

Professional bodies

British Association for Dramatherapists
www.badth.org.uk

British Association of Art Therapists
www.baat.org

British Association for Music Therapy
www.bamt.org
Institute of Biomedical Science
www.ibms.org
British Chiropody and Podiatry Association
www.bcha-uk.org

Royal College of Podiatry
www.rcpod.org.uk

Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
www.iocp.org.uk

Alliance of Private Sector Chiropody and Podiatry Practitioners
www.thealliancepsp.com
Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS)
www.ahcs.ac.uk

Association for Clinical Genomic Science
www.acgs.uk.com

Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
www.artp.org.uk

Association for the Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
www.acb.org.uk

Association of Clinical Electron Microscopists

British Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
www.briscev.org.uk

British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
www.bscn.org.uk

British Society for Haematology
www.b-s-h.org.uk

British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
www.bshi.org.uk

British Blood Transfusion Society
www.bbts.org.uk

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
www.ipem.ac.uk

British Society for Genetic Medicine
bsgm.org.uk

Association of Clinical Scientists
assclinsci.org

Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists
www.arcscientists.org
British Dietetic Association
www.bda.uk.com
Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals
www.aihhp.org

British Academy of Audiology
www.baaudiology.org

British Society of Audiology
www.thebsa.org.uk

British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists
www.bshaa.com
Royal College of Occupational Therapists
www.rcot.co.uk
Association for Perioperative Practice
www.afpp.org.uk

College of Operating Department Practitioners
www.codp.org.uk
British and Irish Orthoptic Society
www.orthoptics.org.uk
College of Paramedics
www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
www.csp.org.uk
The Association of Clinical Psychologists
www.acpuk.org.uk

Association of Educational Psychologists
www.aep.org.uk

British Psychological Society
www.bps.org.uk

British Association of Sport and Exercise Science
www.bases.org.uk
British Association for Prosthetists and Orthotists
www.bapo.com
Society of Radiographers
www.sor.org
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
www.rcslt.org

In your workplace

Your manager, HR Team or occupational health colleagues

Other professions

Your own GP or specialist medical practitioner

Standards of conduct, performance and ethics

You must take responsibility for assessing whether changes to your physical and/or mental health will detrimentally impact your ability to practise safely and effectively. If you are unsure about your ability to do so, ask an appropriate health and care professional to make an assessment on your behalf. (6.3)

You must adjust your practice if your physical and/or mental health will detrimentally impact your ability to practise safely and effectively. These adjustments must promote safe and effective practice. Where it is not possible to make these adjustments within your scope of practice, you must stop practising. (6.4)