Your Wellbeing

Whatever your age, background or role, whether you’re on the front line directly caring for patients or in one of the thousands of essential roles our NHS Trusts rely on each and every day, from time to time we all have problems - whether personal, family or work-related.  With this in mind we need to take steps to maintain our physical and mental health and overall wellbeing.

Mindfulness

Mind’s information hub provides advice on how to support your mental wellbeing. This includes practical advice on coping with going into work, managing stress, loneliness, tips for keeping your mind healthy, and updates on how the new coronavirus laws could affect your rights.

Mindfulness can have great benefits to your wellbeing as an effective way to relax the body and mind and reduce stress and anxiety.

The vast majority of these apps are free and a great way to start your mindfulness journey.

• Headspace
• Calm
• Insight Time
• MindU

Our NHS People website also includes some additional apps which you may want to explore.

Accessing Psychological Therapies

GPs are often a gateway to mental health services, particularly for those with more complex needs. However, all geographical regions have depression and anxiety services (often called IAPT) that are self-referral – you do not need to go through the GP. IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) services offer:

• talking therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), counselling, other therapies, and guided self-help
• help for common mental health problems, like anxiety and depression

More information on where to access IAPT services.

Register for your free Whelthy Plan

As a member of the NHS you are entitled to free unlimited access to Whelthy.

With Whelthy you will gain unlimited access to an online platform packed with exclusive recipes, nutritional advice, workouts, mindfulness, videos, blogs and even a lifestyle journal, all geared towards educating, motivating and inspiring you to smash your health and fitness goals.

To subscribe today, simply follow the instructions below and use the code HEROES100 when prompted.

• Visit www.whelthy.com and click ‘subscribe now.’
• Click ‘buy now’ then enter your free access code in the discount code box and click ‘apply.’
• Click ‘checkout’ then fill in your details and click ‘continue.’
• Click ‘return to homepage’ and then ‘my Whelthy’ in the top right corner of the screen.

This will take you to your personal Whelthy dashboard. You will now have been sent a welcome email with info of what the site includes (check your junk folder if it isn’t in your inbox).