I have worked in the NHS for 20+ years. I understand and have experienced the pressures healthcare staff can go through.
Whether its inpatients: doing your utmost to provide good quality, timely care in a high pressure environment. Pulling out the all the stops, chasing referrals, tests, phone calls, documenting it all - then finally achieving what you need to do, only to discharge that patient and the next one to be immediately in their place and starting the process all again.
Or community working: where the number of referrals into the team and ever increasing roles required can spread your resources too thinly. Needing to be up-to-date and expert on so many aspects of care, often knowing the size of the gap between what you wish to do and are able to offer the people in your care.
All these stressors contribute to poor self care, poor diet, poor hydration, ever repeating stress, affecting sleep with a 'busy head' thinking about all the things on the to-do list. Difficulty switching off.
Other frontline staff often going into unknown potentially harmful situations, being threatened by those they are trying to help. Witnessing distressing and tricky situations.
Since the Pandemic, Frontline staff have continued to work tirelessly under extreme pressure to provide healthcare and essential services, putting themselves at risk to help others. Many experienced covid symptoms themselves, witnessed the loss of those they care for, colleagues or loved ones, all while being prevented from using our usual supportive strategies.
Difficult emotions will have been suppressed to enable them to continue working - long term suppression is known to contribute to long term health issues.
It is vital to support and look after the frontline staff.
I aim to be able to offer treatments to all frontline staff at a reduced cost (or free) to enable them to process and release these difficult emotions healthily.
To date I have not been able to access any funds to subsidise Staff treatments, so any donations are welcomed.
Treatment vouchers are £45 each - any contribution is welcomed.
Please contact me if you wish to donate towards staff sessions.
