Stress Awareness Month 2024
Published: 19th April 2024
Little by little, a little can become a lot of stress.
We understand how working in healthcare can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with unique challenges and stressors, statistics reveal the extent of stress on doctors in training:
> 51% percentage of doctors in training describe their work as emotionally exhausting. *
> 39% of doctors reported feeling burnt out directly due to their work. *
> No.1 reasons for doctor sick days at - 28.1%, are stress, anxiety, and depression. **
It's important to take time to identify our triggers and find ways to cope and manage these issues. The Stress Management Society has pulled together some free resources focusing on conversations around mental health, signs of stress, and moving from distress to de-stress.
As always, we encourage you to connect with our Wellbeing team to see how they can support your health, work and wellbeing needs. Click here to visit our health, work and wellbeing hub.
We’ve rounded up the best support groups, confidential helplines and mental health services for #StressAwarenessMonth, in response to the latest statistics, which reveal the effect of stress on doctors in training.
Additional resources:
Practitioner Health Service - provides compassionate and confidential support for anyone facing mental health challenges. And the best part? It's completely free! The Practitioner Health Service offers tailored assistance to individuals struggling with stress, depression, addiction, and other mental health issues.
http://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/
You OK Doc - work with a team of 30 ambassadors of nurses and doctors to help them provide a service where people work. They are also there to make talking about mental health normal and to advocate for it.
They use evidence-based methods to provide practical help to the medical community. They collaborate with others to make resources that help people and organisations learn about mental health, using resources such as podcasts, webinars, information packs, and social media content.
A virtual support group led by therapists offers one-hour-long sessions covering topics like burnout, grief, and self-care. Each group has a maximum of 10 doctors and can be delivered to NHS trusts and individual doctors.
* Source: You Okay Doc
** Source: OECD, Nuffield Trust, Health Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, NHS Digital