Support – GPs

If you are struggling and feel you are no longer able to cope please click the HELP ME button at the top of our website.

This page provides information and links to sources of support for GPs; use a button below to jump to the section you require.

The page is regularly reviewed and updated. If you have further resources which you would like to share with us, please contact us at  humberside.lmcgroup@nhs.net.

RCGP Coaching 

For any member of the practice team including clinical and non-clinical staff. The service is provided by a specially trained cohort of practice support advisers and trainers who are all highly experienced primary care professionals and includes: GPs, practice nurses, practice managers and pharmacists.

GPMplus General Practice Mentoring 

GPMplus provide a mentoring service for GPs, PMs, Nurses, and other practice staff with leadership or decision making responsibilities. All mentors have experience of working in frontline general practice themselves as GPs, practice managers or nurses. Charges apply; see the website for details.

GPMplus is the trading name of LMC Services Yorkshire CIC, which delivers a range of wellbeing support services to primary care colleagues and teams.

British Doctors and Dentists Group

A recovery group for doctors and dentists addicted to alcohol and/or drugs.

British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA)

A hub for the UK’s Muslim healthcare community, dedicated to engaging on health inequalities, advocating for equitable care, and building bridges between communities. BIMA strives to be a powerful voice for Muslim healthcare professionals, students and patients, championing their needs and navigating the diverse challenges they face.

BMA counselling and peer support for doctors and medical students 

Confidential 24/7 counselling and peer support services open to all doctors and medical students on 0330 123 1245 or via the online portal.

BMA Doctor Support Service

Independent confidential support for doctors involved in a fitness to practise case. You can call the service throughout your fitness to practise case for emotional support from a fellow doctor who is completely independent of the GMC. The service is provided by the BMA but you don’t have to be a member to access it.

DocHealth

Confidential psychotherapy open to all doctors. A confidential, not-for-profit psychotherapeutic consultation service for all qualified doctors of any grade or specialty. Support is always provided by Consultant Psychiatrists in Medical Psychotherapy. Financial contributions are requested from users of the service – see website for details. Open to all doctors – you don’t have to be a BMA member.

Doctors’ Support Network

Peer support for doctors and medical students with mental health concerns.

Freedom to Speak Up 

Humberside LMCs offers a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service across primary care in our four CCG areas. You can raise a concern about any risk, malpractice or wrongdoing you think is harming the service you deliver in primary care. View our Freedom to Speak Up policy for details on how to raise a concern.

GP Career Support Pack 

This document sets out the various types of support available to general practitioner’s at all stages of their career, whether in their first five years, mid-career, nearing retirement or after taking a career break.

NHS Practitioner Health

A free, confidential service provided by health professionals specialising in mental health support to doctors. It is accessible via a confidential national self-referral phone line, website and app, enabling GPs and GP trainees to seek information about the services available, access self-help tools, and access clinical support.

Making General Practice a Great Place to Work 

This toolkit, jointly published by NHS England, BMA and RCGP, is aimed at system leaders and clinical leads working across primary care to develop robust local retention action plans that provide GPs with the support they require to develop fulfilled careers in general practice. It also aims to tackle issues at practice, network and system level that may be impacting on local GP retention.

National GP Retention Scheme

The is a package of financial and educational support to help doctors, who might otherwise leave the profession, remain in clinical general practice. These NHS England web pages explain who is eligible for the scheme and how to apply.

NHS England Support

A wide variety of wellbeing resources to help manage your health and wellbeing whilst looking after others including confidential support by phone or text, apps and guides.

RCGP – Sudden Bereavement Support

RCGP service which can support practices where a leading member of the practice has died suddenly. A small team of advisers from can provide practical operational support and be a voice for the practice as they navigate a difficult and destabilising time following the death of a key member of the practice, such as a partner or practice manager. The Sudden Bereavement Support service is provided at no cost to the practice.

Respect

A phone line providing support for those affected by domestic abuse. Telephone 0808 802 4040.

The Sick Doctors Trust

Support and help for doctors, dentists and medical students who are concerned about their use of drugs or alcohol.

Trauma Risk Management (TRiM)

TRiM is a trauma-focused peer support system designed to help people who have experienced a traumatic, or potentially traumatic, event. March on Stress is a psychological health consultancy which provides training to organisations to implement the system. See their website for further details.

Together

Support for anyone bereaved by suicide from Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind. The service offers emotional support, practical support, or just someone to listen, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Telephone: 01482 240133 or email  info@heymind.org.uk. You can also text on 07520633477

The Cameron Fund

Aims to help NHS General Practitioners (and their dependent family) who find themselves in dire financial straits, be they a GP Trainee, a registered GP, or retired.

The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund

Help for doctors and their families in need.

The RMBF has a free online wellbeing platform – RMBF Rightsteps – which includes a range of topics, from bite-sized chunks designed to fit around a busy schedule, to more in-depth self-guided CBT-based wellbeing sessions. You can find the Rightsteps platform at www.rightsteps.co.uk/customers/rmbf.

The Royal Medical Foundation

A charity which aims to assist registered doctors and their families who are in financial hardship.

Ten Top Tips for Financial Wellbeing

A guide to money management for newly-qualified and working GPs, published by the Cameron Fund. This document is a guide for the new GP, a check list for the experienced, and a resource for those unfortunate enough to be in financial difficulty.