As a GP, you are at high risk of burnout, which the World Health Organisation defines as a syndrome from chronic, unmanaged workplace stress—it is not a personal failure. In this essential webinar, Dr Helen Garr, Medical Director at NHS Practitioner Health, shares practical, evidence-based tools to recognise the signs before you reach the 'burnout cliff' and find support within your practice and the wider sessional workforce community.

YouTube of webinar

• https://youtu.be/Xg8aO2JjJLs

What you will learn

• Why burnout is a system problem, not a character flaw in the sessional GP workforce.
• How to use energy accounting (the 'spoon theory') to protect your capacity and maintain continuity.
• The crucial steps to build psychological safety within your team by 'reaching in' to colleagues.
• The common signs you are near the 'burnout cliff' and what 'bad medicine' coping strategies look like.
• How to create a personal wellbeing plan (WRAP plan) and identify your vital support network (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes crew).

Topic order

• Burnout: It's a systemic issue, not a flaw (Boiling frog analogy).
• The burnout cliff: recognising common signs and compassion fatigue.
• The temperature continuum: checking in on your psychological well-being.
• Developing a Wellbeing/Resilience Action Plan (WRAP plan).
• Psychological safety and secondary stressors (the psychological backpack).
• Building your support network (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes crew).
• Energy accounting: the 'spoon theory'.
• NHS Practitioner Health: confidential mental health and addiction treatment.

Resources

• NHS Practitioner Health: https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/
• Dr Richard Duggins' book: Burnout Free Working https://uk.jkp.com/products/burnoutfree-working
• Wellbeing & Coping Website: wellbeingandcoping.net
• Mind's Wellbeing at Work Plan: https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/my-mental-health-at-work/wellness-action-plans/
• Balint Groups (for peer support): https://balintsociety.org.uk/balint-groups-and-balint-method