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
- NHS England
- NHS Education Scotland
- Heath Education and Improvement Wales
- Health for health professionals Wales
- Our Frontline
- NHS Employers
- Mind
- Samaritans
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
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British Association for Dramatherapists
www.badth.org.ukBritish Association of Art Therapists
www.baat.orgBritish Association for Music Therapy
www.bamt.org -
Institute of Biomedical Science
www.ibms.org -
British Chiropody and Podiatry Association
www.bcha-uk.orgRoyal College of Podiatry
www.rcpod.org.ukInstitute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
www.iocp.org.ukAlliance of Private Sector Chiropody and Podiatry Practitioners
www.thealliancepsp.com -
Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS)
www.ahcs.ac.ukAssociation for Clinical Genomic Science
www.acgs.uk.comAssociation for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
www.artp.org.ukAssociation for the Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
www.acb.org.ukAssociation of Clinical Electron Microscopists
British Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
www.briscev.org.ukBritish Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
www.bscn.org.ukBritish Society for Haematology
www.b-s-h.org.ukBritish Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
www.bshi.org.ukBritish Blood Transfusion Society
www.bbts.org.ukInstitute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
www.ipem.ac.ukBritish Society for Genetic Medicine
bsgm.org.ukAssociation of Clinical Scientists
assclinsci.orgAssociation of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists
www.arcscientists.org -
British Dietetic Association
www.bda.uk.com -
Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals
www.aihhp.orgBritish Academy of Audiology
www.baaudiology.orgBritish Society of Audiology
www.thebsa.org.ukBritish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists
www.bshaa.com -
Royal College of Occupational Therapists
www.rcot.co.uk -
Association for Perioperative Practice
www.afpp.org.ukCollege 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.ukAssociation of Educational Psychologists
www.aep.org.ukBritish Psychological Society
www.bps.org.ukBritish 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)
- Published:
- 28/09/2020
- Audience
- Registrants, Students
- Profession
- All