by admin | Nov 24, 2024 | Blog
Reflections on the Doctors in Distress Memorial Tree Campaign for National Tree Week As National Tree Week approaches, it feels right to pause and reflect on the journey of the Doctors in Distress Memorial Tree Campaign—a campaign that has grown from an idea by our...
by admin | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
Dr Emma Presern This week is National Self-Care week. As a GP trainee, my mental health took a nose dive in 2019 and I learnt the hard and lonely way that self-care as a healthcare professional is fundamental and lifesaving. And no one is going to do it for you. But...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog
Why next time I will do better standing up for my GP at the pub – or anywhere else I will not be alone in valuing a walk with a friend or a girls’ night out as part of the reason I am surviving motherhood, marriage and life in general. Women naturally and reliably...
by admin | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
by Dr Anna Baverstock and Dr Jess Morgan Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician at Somerset Hospitals Foundation Trust and lead for senior doctor wellbeing @anna_annabav Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical fellow...
by admin | Sep 10, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
I am more likely to die by suicide now than I was five years ago. Why? Because when my husband, Steve, took his own life without warning in 2018, I became significantly more susceptible to this horrifying end too. The facts are clear: people bereaved by the sudden...
by admin | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Guest Blog
‘Mum did something really weird today’ said my non-medical sister to my brother and I. I looked up and took note, as there was something in the tone of her voice that made me feel uneasy. I said nothing and waited for her to continue speaking.‘She picked up the TV...
