Being a GP is actually a rewarding job. Dr Renee Hoenderkamp is a first-year qualified GP in north London and here she tells the story of two patients amongst hundreds who crystallised for her why she is a GP, a doctor, reminding her of the importance of the job and the positive effect doctors can… Read More »

The Royal College of Physicans (RCP) has published a Report about OUR NHS that collates doctors’ experiences of being on the front-line in NHS hospitals “The NHS provides some of the highest-quality, most efficient and most accessible healthcare in the world. We attract doctors from across the globe with our world-renowned programmes of medical training… Read More »

Action for NHS Wellbeing 2016-2017 Whilst we have been quiet on this site, a lot of action has been going on behind the scenes and our peer-peer Basecamp-enabled support network of some 50 people have been actively campaigning and beavering away over the last 12 months. During that time we have: – Been instrumental in… Read More »

A meta-analysis of 43 existing studies, published in Psycho-Oncology, shows that a third of cancer doctors to be suffering from high levels of burnout with a quarter feeling stressed and having sleep problems and depression as they struggle with the burden of dealing with suffering patients and family and burgeoning workloads, with some resorting to… Read More »

Protecting the front-line against burnout – Creating cultures to promote resilience and wellbeing for social care and health professionals Benefit from our reduced registration fee. Book on or before the 6th March 2015, quoting promo code BURNHSW, to gain a place for just £199 +VAT or call +44 (0)20 8652 4659. Community Care Conference at… Read More »

          The Health Innovation Network (HIN) is the Academic Health Science Network for South London that brings together a wide range of organisations across 12 London boroughs and on the 10th Feb 2015 held its first staff and wellbeing conference, jointly hosted with King’s Health Partners – an NHS organisation with… Read More »

Action for NHS Wellbeing convenor Chris Manning attended the launch of Like Minded on the 6th Feb 2015. Like Minded is an exciting programme to transform mental health and wellbeing services in NW London and the launch provided an excellent opportunity to listen and engage with like-minded people, including patients, carers, NHS commissioners and providers,… Read More »

The Founders Network is holding another of its series of listening meetings on the 28th Feb 2015 at BMA House. Full details are available here and BMA – NHS Event 28 2 14 The Founders Network is a group of representatives from diverse professional and occupational organisations formed to create change within the NHS in… Read More »

British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open has just published (January 2015) research about the impact of complaints procedures on the welfare, health and clinical practise of 7926 doctors in the UK. Doctors with recent/current complaints were found to have significant risks of moderate/severe depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation (contemplating suicide). Morbidity (disability and illness) was greatest… Read More »

As reported here in October 2014, the General Medical Council (GMC) was due to publish a report on suicides of doctors going thought their Fitness to Practice Procedures in September last year; it was published in December and can be viewed in full here. The review is titled: ‘Doctors who commit suicide while under GMC… Read More »