Learner Support.
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There are several sources of support for trainees in difficulty. Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber funds local counselling services for both Doctors and Dentists alike - full details are available below. Alternatively there are many external resources available and can be accessed via the links below.
Counselling Service: N, W & E Yorks and N Lincs
Take Time
Medical work is inherently stressful and you may find you need help with work-related and/or personal difficulties which can often cause anxiety, stress, depression and unhappiness.
Take Time is a confidential service specifically for junior doctors and dentists within Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber (HEE YH).
The service offers 2 assessment sessions initially, with the option of subsequent time limited sessions. For people who live far from Leeds we may be able to offer telephone consultations after the initial assessment.
The service is funded by HEE YH, and provided by a collaboration between the University of Leeds Student Counselling Centre and The Psychological Therapy Service, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Take Time appointments take place at either of our two venues; you will be told which venue to attend when an appointment is booked for you:
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Dr V Luthra & Ms L Oxley The Student Counselling Centre University of Leeds 19 Clarendon Place Leeds LS2 9JY |
Dr A Menon Leeds Psychology and Psychotherapy Service Southfield House 40 Clarendon Road Leeds LS2 9PJ |
If you would like to book an appointment with the Take Time team, please complete our self-referral form.
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances and increasing demand, it may take approximately 3 weeks for the Take Time Service to come back to you. If you need to seek advice or support more urgently, please contact your GP.
Please also note that councelling services are available to all trainees in Yorkshire and the Humber via the Workplace Wellbeing service based in the South, more information is available below under the Counselling Service: South Yorkshire tab.
Email: taketime@leeds.ac.uk
Workplace Wellbeing is a professional counselling and consultancy service to help doctors in difficulty deal with personal or work-related stress and psychological trauma relating to work roles. The service aims to help doctors improve psychological health and stay psychologically healthy. One-to-one counselling is provided on a confidential self-referral basis. The counselling is short-term.
This service is also funded directly by Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber and is available to trainees in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Please telephone: 0114 226 1810
Email: workplace.wellbeing@shsc.nhs.uk
website: http://shsc.nhs.uk/working-for-the-trust/workplace-wellbeing/
Or at:
Workplace Wellbeing
30 Wilkinson Street
Sheffield S10 2GB
Opening hours:
8.15 am to 7.15 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
8.45 am to 5 pm for the rest of the week
For more details of these services, please contact either service.
- British Medical Association Counselling Service
- BMA Doctors for Doctors an enhancement of the above, providing the choice of speaking in confidence to another doctor.
- Confidential Support and Advice Service from the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Medical Defence Union
- Medical Protection Society
- Support for Doctors in Difficulty from the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
- Doctors Support Network - a self help group, with a Helpline, for doctors with a range of mental health problems.
And for specific groups:
- NHS England Service - specific support for trainees in General Practice.
- Overseas Doctors Community Site - a very useful site with a wide range of advice. However, the jokes section contains material that may be considered offensive - as per our disclaimer below, the Deanery in no way endorse this material.
- HOPE for disabled doctors - support and advice for disabled individuals and their employers / professional bodies.
Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber aims to provide excellent training for doctors from overseas who wish to further their professional development, and who, in the process, make a valuable contribution to the National Health Service.
A brief guide to employment opportunities as a doctor in the UK
- All posts are appointed to in open competition. This means that they are advertised and must be applied for by following the given instructions. Most posts are advertised via the NHS Jobs websitehttp://www.jobs.nhs.uk and in the British Medical Journal Careershttp://careers.bmj.com/careers
- Each post will have a person specification indicating who is eligible to apply.
- Information on registration with the General Medical Council is available at http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/index.asp
- Information on visa / entry requirements for the UK are available onhttp://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
MTI Guidance
The Medical Training Initiative allows some International Medical Graduates (IMG) to experience training in the UK for up to 2 years. After that time the IMG returns to their country of origin. The posts need approval but are not funded by Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber.
Further details can be found in the below associated documents.
And associated links:
