Wellbeing Resources


This section of the website aims to provide our community with support on looking after their wellbeing and mental health. It’s vital we open up the conversation as workplace stress in healthcare affects not only doctors’ mental health, but the quality of care provided for patients.

It’s more crucial than ever that you look after your own mental and physical health while you are looking after others. Recognising early on the red flags associated with occupational burnout can help you prevent it. We have developed a range of resources below to help you recognise warning signs, provide advice on looking after yourself, how to get help and where, and more.


Focus on wellbeing: Workforce retention and avoiding burnout

We really have no alternatives to paying attention to our Wellbeing and developing skills to enhance it. Mindfulness has been shown to improve our Wellbeing and there are other aspects of our behaviours that we can work on to improve our Wellbeing. Stress is inevitable, and we need a reappraisal strategy.

Wellbeing for Doctors & How to get Gastro Speciality Training Back on Track

This webinar, recorded on the 26th February 2021, featured talks regarding wellbeing and mental health, and how trainees can get their training back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar was chaired by the former ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Trainees Committee Chair, Dr Elizabeth Ratcliffe, and was introduced by Dr Alastair McKinlay, President of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 2020 - 2022. Please note this video is for members only so you will need to login in order to access the page.

Useful Links

  • – Resources for NHS staff in England to help you manage your own health and wellbeing whilst looking after others
  • – Access to information and support for health and social care staff in Northern Ireland
  • – Resources for health and social care staff in Scotland to help manage their wellbeing
  • – Resources and tools to support healthcare staff in Wales
  • – Confidential helpline for all doctors across the UK, not just BMA members, also has a directory of
  • – Free, confidential helpline for all NHS staff in England
  • – Free, confidential NHS service for doctors across England with mental illness and addiction problems, who are working or looking to return to clinical practice
  • – Local helplines supporting healthcare staff across Northern Ireland
  • – Directory of services for NHS Staff in Scotland
  • – Free counselling service for all doctors in Wales
  • – Free wellbeing support service for healthcare workers
  • – Opens up the conversation about mental health issues and their impact on physicians