Individual coaching support available for frontline NHS staff
2020-04-27
Frontline NHS workers can now access individual coaching support in a bid to ease the pressures of the COVID-19 crisis. In a new NHS initiative
mental health
NHS introduces free mental health hotline for staff battling coronavirus
2020-04-08
A mental health hotline has been launched by the NHS to help support staff as they work together to battle coronavirus. As part of a
NHS volunteer offers support services to dentists during coronavirus emergency
2020-04-01
Support for dentists who are struggling in response to the coronavirus lockdown is being offered up for free. Jane Lelean, a dentist and international coach,
Have you got two minutes to talk about mental health?
2020-03-11
Practice Plan gathered together a panel of opinion leaders to discuss the big issues affecting the profession, including mental health. In this video you can
How to cope with anxiety, stress and suicidal thoughts
2019-11-08
Donna Hall shares recent statistics about anxiety and stress in dentistry and speaks to Rory O’Connor from the Dental Health Support Trust about how to cope with
Smoking may increase risk of depression and schizophrenia
2019-11-07
New research from the University of Bristol has revealed that tobacco smoking may increase the risk of developing depression and schizophrenia. There has long been
Mistrust and mental health issues revealed in survey of dentists
2019-09-14
Eighty-four per cent of NHS dentists believe their current role has negatively affected their mental health, according to the latest Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey. That’s
Last chance to fill in dentistry survey
2019-06-19
There are just a few weeks left for NHS and private dentists to complete the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey. Dentists from both sectors are being
Mental health issues remain leading cause of income protection claims
2017-05-12
Depression and anxiety are the most common causes of long-term absences from work. According to financial mutual Wesleyan, more than a third (34%) of all
