Resources
To contact the Psychiatrists' Support Service please telephone:
020 7245 0412 or e-mail: pss@rcpsych.ac.uk
There are a number of agencies which will provide help and
support to doctors in difficulty.
The resources are divided into the following sections and a full
list of resources can also be found at the bottom of this
webpage:
Information
guides are also available on a variety of subjects and contain
further resources which you may find helpful.
Advisory, Concilliation and
Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Helpline: 0845 747
4747
Website:ACAS
British Medical
Association
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JP
Tel: 020 7387 4499
Website: BMA
British Medical Association
Charities – financial assistance
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H9JP
Tel: 020 7383 6334/ 6142
E-mail: Info.bmacharities@bma.org.uk
Website: BMA charities
BMA Counselling Service and Doctors
for Doctors
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London
WC1H9JP
24 hour helpline: 08459 200169
British Doctors and Dentists
Group
Organisation for those recovering from
addiction. Monthly meetings.
24 hour helpline 020 7487 4445/ 01252 316976
E-mail: ina.joiner@btopenworld.com
Website: British
Doctors and Dentists Group
British
International Doctors’ Association
Protects the
interests of international doctors and dentists working in the UK
and promotes transcultural health care.
ODA House
316A Buxton Road
Great Moor
Stockport
SK2 7DD
Tel: 0161 456 7828
Citizens Advice
Bureau
Website: Citizens Advice Bureau
Dignity at Work
Partnership
Amicus
35 King Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 8JG
Website: Dignity at work
Doctors SupportLine
(DSL)
The Doctors' SupportLine is independent,
confidential and anonymous. It is staffed by trained volunteer
doctors who offer friendly and informal listening and peer support
for both personal and work-related issues. Information about
other sources of help is available if needed.
SupportLine contact number: 0844 395 3010
Open Monday, Tuesday 8pm - 11pm;
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8pm - 10pm;
Sunday 4pm - 10pm
Website: Doctors support network
Doctors Support
Network
This is a self-help group for doctors with
mental health concerns, including stress, burnout, anxiety,
depression, bipolar affective disorder, psychoses and eating
disorders. All doctors in the group have been troubled at some
stage in their lives. There are regular meetings around the UK, a
newsletter and an e-mail forum.
Address: Doctors Support Network, PO Box 360, Stevenage SG1
9AS
Tel. 0870 321 0642
Website: Doctors support network
E-mail: secretary@dsn.org.uk
DSN Scotland:
E-mail: Malcolm@dsn.org.uk
Equality and Human Rights
Commission
3 More London
Riverside Tooley Street
London
SE1 2RG
Tel: 020 3117 0235 (non-helpline calls only)
Helpline: England 0845 604 6610
Wales 0845 604 8810
Scotland 0845 604 5510
E-mail: info@equalityhumanrights.com
Website: Equality and Human Rights
Commission
General Medical
Council
St Jame’s Buildings
79 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6FQ
Tel: 0845 357 8001
Website: GMC
House
Concern
Clinical service for doctors, dentists and an
educational service to all other health professionals. Now
available to all doctors and dentists in the Northern Deanery. All
services are provided by trained psychotherapists with an interest
in this field of work and operates to a high standard of
confidentiality.
Regional Department of Psychotherapy
Claremont House
Framington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
Tel: 0191 230 0043. There is an answer phone and callers will be
contacted within 48 hours during a weekday.
Hospital Consultants and
Specialists Association
1 Kindsclere Road
Overton
Basingstoke
Hants
RG25 3JA
Tel: 01356 771777
E-mail: conspec@hcsa.com
Website: Hospital Consultants and Specialists
Association
Individual Support
Programme
The individual support programme provides support to doctors,
including trainees, and medical students.
Institute of Primary Care & Public Health
53-54 Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3AT
Tel: 029 2087 0686, ext. 70686
Email: isp@cardiff.ac.uk
Website:
Individual Support Programme
Medic Support
This is
a confidential service for doctors and dentists training in
Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and offers psychotherapy
and psychology. Funded by Oxford Deanery. They can also offer
similar support to consultant staff and to non-Deanery staff in
training.
E-mail: cdu@oxforddeanery.nhs.uk
Medical Defence
Union
MDU services Limited
230 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8PJ
Tel: 020 7202 1500
Website: MDU
Medical Defence and Dental Union of
Scotland
Mackintosh House
120 Blythswood Street
Glasgow
G2 4EA
Tel: 0141 221 5858
E-mail: info@mddus.com
Website: MDDUS
Medical Protection
Society
33 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PS
Tel: 020 7399 1300
E-mail: info@mpa.org.uk
Website: MPS
Medical forum for careers
advice
Tel: 0208 332 1234 (no
answerphone)
Tel: 0208 1234 028 (with answerphone)
Website: Medical forum
Mednet
Deanery funded
self-referral service for doctors living or working within the M25
and Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Operates from the Tavistock Clinic and
the Maudsley Hospital. The service offers 6 assessment sessions,
occasionally more, and they offer onward referral to appropriate
psychotherapeutic help.
Tavistock Clinic
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
Tel: 0208 938 2411
E-mail: mednet@tavi-port.nhs.uk
Website: Mednet
National Clinical Assessment
Service
England:
Address:
NCAS, Area 1C, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1
6LH
Tel: 020 7972 2999
Northern Ireland:
Address: NCAS Northern
Ireland Office, Office Suite 3, Lisburn Square House, Haslem's
Lane, Lisburn BT28 1TW
Tel: 029 2044 7540
Wales:
Address: NCAS Wales Office, First
Floor, 2 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10
4DQ
Tel: 029 2044 7540
Scotland
Tel: 0131 220 8060
24 hour emergency contact 020 7972 2999
E-mail: advice.service@ncas.npsa.nhs.uk
Website: NCAS
National Patient Safety
Agency
4-8 Maple Street
London
W1T 5HD
Tel: 020 7927 9500
E-mail: enquiries@npsa.nhs.uk
Website: NPSA
NHS Counter Fraud and Security and
Management Service
Weston House
246 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7EX
Tel: 020 7895 4500
Website: NHS Counter Fraud and Security
Management Service
The Practitioner Health
Programme
This is a service for doctors and dentists
living or working in London. They offer a free, confidential
service to help with mental health problems, physical health
problems or addiction which impact on work.
Address: Riverside Medical Centre, Hobart House, St George Wharf
London SW8 2JB.
Telephone: 0203 049 4505
E-mail: php.help@nhs.net
Website: Practitioner Health Programme
Psychiatrists’ Support
Service
Royal College of Psychiatrists
17 Belgrave Square
London
SW1 8PG
Tel: 020 7245 0412
E-mail: pss@rcpsych.ac.uk
Website: Psychiatrists' Support
Service
Public Concern at
Work
Suite 301
16 Baldwins Gardens
London
EC1N 7RJ
E-mail: helpline@pcaw.co.uk
Website: Public concern at work
Royal Medical
Benevolent Fund
Address: The Royal Medical Benevolent
Fund, 24 King's Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8QN
Telephone: 020 8540 9194 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
E-mail: seniorcaseworker@rmbf.org
Website: Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
Sick Doctors
Trust
Helpline for addicted/ alcoholic doctors. Will
also talk to doctor’s spouses, practice partners, patients and the
media. No identifiable personal information is required at the
outset and the service can offer total confidentiality.
Address: 36 Wick Crescent, Bristol BS4 4HG
Tel: 0370 444 5163
E-mail: help@sick-doctors-trust.co.uk
Website: Sick Doctors Trust
Support for
Doctors
Website developed by Royal Medical Benevolent
Fund which has information about stress as well as mental and
physical health advice for doctors.
Website: Support for Doctors
Suspended Doctors
Group
The Suspended Doctors Group is a self-help
group to exchange experiences and advie. They meet regularly at
premises independent of the NHS. The service is free and has total
confidentiality.
Tel: 01725 513 367
Website: Suspended Doctors Group
Take
Time
Confidential counselling service for junior
doctors and dentists within the Yorkshire Deanery. The counselling
and psychotherapy provided is based on an assessment interview
followed by a six-session model.
Address: 19 Clarendon Place, Leeds LS2 9JY
Tel: 0113 343 4642
E-mail: taketime@leeds.ac.uk
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