Celebrating International Stress Awareness Week

International Stress Awareness Week (4th – 10th November) is a time to raise public awareness of the impact of stress on your professional and personal life, as well as effective ways to manage it.

All month at Menlo Park, we’ll be sharing our best advice on managing stress and burnout for everyone working in primary care.

Articles about stress and burnout

We regularly share articles from our consultants, covering a wide range of topics and issues within Primary Care.

Here’s a selection of some of our best articles, covering the topics of stress and burnout:

5 tips to stay calm in a busy work environment

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In this article, Kirsty Morris lays out five quick, simple, and easy ways to help reduce stress levels throughout your day.

• Mindful Breathing
• Mini Meditation Breaks
• Physical Stretching
• Gratitude Practice
• Hydration Reminder

Prepping for Exams and What to Do if You Fail

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Ciaran Fletcher talks about the stresses that exam preparation can put on GPs, and what to do if you fail an exam.

Podcast episodes covering stress and burnout

On our podcast, Illuminating Primary Care, we invite a new expert guest in the primary care industry to share their knowledge and experiences.

We’ve put together a selection of episodes dealing with the topics of stress and burnout:

How Big a Problem is Stress and Burnout?

Ciaran Fletcher is joined by Dr. Farnaaz Sharief MBE, to discuss stress and burnout in healthcare. They discuss:

• Signs of burnout in yourself
• Signs of burnout in your colleagues
• Tips and advice for dealing with these issues

Farnaaz shared some breathing techniques she recommended for alleviating stress. Here are the links to the techniques:

• Box Breathing
• The Straw Breath

The Stresses of Being a GP

We are joined by Dr. Clara Doran, a former GP who is focused on helping everyday folk, including GPs, take better care of themselves and cope with the stresses of daily life. We discuss:

• Micro breaks and the importance of sleep
• Pressures on GPs
• Brain health

Burnout: A GP Crisis

Matthew Okey is joined by Dr. Jo Davies to discuss her experience dealing with stress and burnout. They talk about:

• Jo’s personal experience with burnout
• How Jo managed to cope
• Advice for other GPs

Do you have some more insight you’d like to share on this topic?

If you’re working in primary care and you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences, or advice, we’d love to have you on our podcast! Let us know on our contact form here.