{"id":600010,"date":"2026-03-02T20:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/?page_id=600010"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:29:29","slug":"professional-support-and-wellbeing-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/guidance\/professional-support-and-wellbeing-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Support and Wellbeing unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-600011 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Designer-5-1024x683.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Designer-5-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Designer-5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Designer-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Designer-5.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#bad1e1\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-704e782a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5521905f71a45f6c08acb8d9ea1711a9\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(25.984px, 1.624rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.877), 44px);font-weight:700\">Professional Support and Wellbeing unit<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a9c2564a8c0d4b66f6da0626f68c902\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.417), 18px);\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-30bfb831 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#F3F4F6;padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px\"><nav style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"has-text-color has-black-color items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-4feb826c wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\"><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5fb0786f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Professional Support and Wellbeing Service (PSW) offers confidential, impartial and short\u2011term, solution\u2011focused support for doctors and dentists in training who need extra help to progress. Support may include one\u2011to\u2011one counselling, coaching, study and exam support, dyslexia screening and cognitive assessments, and referral to Occupational Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13e2ef3f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c2fa4475 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#E5E7EB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;background-color:#F9FAFB;padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What PSW provides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Progress monitoring and review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short\u2011term tailored interventions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicated PSW case manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to specialist external providers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c2fa4475 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#E5E7EB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;background-color:#F9FAFB;padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key principles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused on wellbeing and progression<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidential and non\u2011punitive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Impartial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-143fdc38 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-ltft\">How to refer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Self\u2011referral<\/strong>: trainees can refer themselves using the PSW referral route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Educator referral<\/strong>: Educational Supervisors, Training Programme Directors or education leads can refer a trainee for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What happens next<\/strong>: a PSW case manager will contact you, agree a support plan, arrange interventions and follow up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief guide and links for LTFT training in Anaesthetics (East Midlands).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":710011,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-600010","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/600010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600010"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/600010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710006,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/600010\/revisions\/710006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}