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Healthcare professionals deserve support services tailored to their specific needs

The success of NHS Practitioner Health shows that the unique demands of working in healthcare merit a tailored response, says Zaid Al-Najjar

“If you build it, they will come” is not only a quote from the 1989 film Field of Dreams , but also the words used by my predecessor Clare Gerada to describe the success of NHS Practitioner Health (NHSPH) since its inception in 2008. The value it holds for healthcare staff was highlighted recently when NHS England announced its decision to end funding for new referrals to the service from secondary care staff. The ensuing outcry from healthcare staff prompted NHS England to rapidly reverse its decision.1 The journey the service has been on, and the number of people who’ve accessed it, speak to both the challenges of working in healthcare and a workforce that increasingly needs support with its mental health.

The Practitioner Health Programme, as it was then, was first set up as a mental health treatment pilot for doctors and d ....

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NHS Forth Valley staff record more than 4,500 mental health related absences

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Warning almost half of Scots junior doctors could quit profession

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is being urged to act before it is too late as a new survey of junior doctors revealed almost half are considering… ....

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Almost half of Scots junior doctors could quit profession, BMA warns

Almost half of Scots junior doctors could quit profession, BMA warns
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