Professional Support and Wellbeing unit
Overview
The Professional Support and Wellbeing Service (PSW) offers confidential, impartial and short‑term, solution‑focused support for doctors and dentists in training who need extra help to progress. Support may include one‑to‑one counselling, coaching, study and exam support, dyslexia screening and cognitive assessments, and referral to Occupational Health.
What PSW provides
Progress monitoring and review
Short‑term tailored interventions
Dedicated PSW case manager
Access to specialist external providers
Key principles
Focused on wellbeing and progression
Confidential and non‑punitive
Impartial
How to refer?
Self‑referral: trainees can refer themselves using the PSW referral route.
Educator referral: Educational Supervisors, Training Programme Directors or education leads can refer a trainee for support.
What happens next: a PSW case manager will contact you, agree a support plan, arrange interventions and follow up.
Resources
Common options include counselling, coaching, study skills and exam support, dyslexia screening and cognitive assessment, and referral to Occupational Health. Speak with your Educational Supervisor or TPD if you are unsure whether PSW is appropriate.
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- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Association of Anaesthetists
- BMA – Your wellbeing
- BMA Charities
- British Doctors’ and Dentists’ Group
- British International Doctors’ Association
- Child Bereavement UK
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Dochealth
- Doctors in distress
- Doctors Support Network
- Doctors’ Support Group
- General Medical Council
- GLADD
- Healthcare Workers’ Foundation
- Help me I’m a doctor
- Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA)
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS)
- Medical Protection Counselling Service
- Melanin Medics
- Narcotics Anonymous
- NHS Inform
- NHS Psychological therapies
- NHS Staff mental health and wellbeing hub
- NHS Staff support line
- Palousemindfulness
- Practitioner Health Programme
- Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
- Samaritans
- Self-compassion
- Sick Doctors Trust
- Society for Assistance of Medical Families
- The happiness trap
- The mindfulness initiative
- Welcome back to work
- You okay, doc