Occupational Health
GP Support Offer
A core part of the role of Wessex LMCs is pastoral support. The LMC offers one to one support for GPs and Practice Managers. Like everyone they might face a range of situations from both challenges in the practice to those in the rest of life. The LMC aims to support and develop individuals as...
Health and Wellbeing: Burnout
Ok, it's time to get more serious now. If the constant stress of work and life is leaving you feeling disillusioned, helpless and worn out then you may be suffering from burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by excessive demands and prolonged stress....
Health and Wellbeing: Organisational Stress
So far we have considered the implications of stress and burnout for individuals. However we have another important dimension to consider - what are the practices responsibilities to manage stress caused by or made worse by work. As we have seen individuals differ in their risk of experiencing...
Health and Wellbeing: Stress
'Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that their demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize'. In short, it's what we feel when we think we have lost control of events. The key concept here, is that it is an emotional and...
Health and Wellbeing: Introduction
We live and work in difficult times. Everyday the news seems full of bad news stories, the pressure of daily life seems to increase exponentially and there never seems to be enough time in the day. The NHS is facing unprecedented challenges as it struggles to meet increasing demands and...
Occupational Health for GPs & Practice Staff
Occupational Health Practices have a legal reasonability under the Health & Safety at Work Act to identify hazards that any employee may face and put in systems to reduce the risk of harm to their staff, part of this is immunisations and infectious diseases. Practice Staff As part of this,...
