Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are experiencing unprecedented levels of distress due to their work.

Join clinical psychologist Dr Paula Redmond as she talks to inspiring clinicians and thought leaders about the stories behind the mental health statistics, and how compassion, connection and creativity can offer hope when work hurts.

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Staff in intensive care have found themselves right at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode I speak to Dr Rosie Baruah, a consultant in critical care medicine and anesthesia at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, about the pressures faced by those working to look after the sickest patients.

We covered a range of subjects around working through the pandemic, including burnout and moral injury, as well as gender bias in medicine.

You can follow Rosie on Twitter @RosieICM.

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Over the last couple of years many people have been reflecting on how closely our working lives are aligned with our values. For health professionals in particular the gap between how we want things to be, and how they are, can cause huge distress.

I talk about this and other topics with consultant clinical psychologist Dr. Joe Oliver who is an expert in acceptance and commitment therapy as well as an associate professor at UCL.

He also leads an exercise for listeners towards the end of our conversation that involves mindfully tapping into values.

You can find Joe via these links:

• Twitter: @contextconsult
• Instagram: @contextconsult
• Facebook: contextualconsulting
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joe-oliver-a0b40347/
• And check out his book The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Self-Esteem

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When work and life hurts being able to talk about how we feel and have those feelings heard and validated can make a huge difference to how we navigate and survive trauma.

For those working on the front line, during the COVID pandemic, this has never been more important.

I spoke with Claire Goodwin-Fee a psychotherapist who set up an organisation called Frontline19 to respond to this.

Frontline19 offers free psychological support to frontline staff, delivered by qualified and vetted volunteer therapists. To find out more about Frontline19 you can visit their website at Frontline19.com.

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Dr. Heidi Edmundson is a consultant in emergency medicine at the Whittington Hospital in London.

She actively campaigns to "make wellbeing a thing" for hospital staff - through addressing barriers to basic needs such as taking breaks and access to hot food. She has also introduced creative tools and techniques to foster wellbeing amongst teams.

In this episode we explore these initiatives and why they are so important in enabling staff to be seen as whole people.

She also takes me through a simple creative exercise - grab a pen and paper so that you can take part too. Please share your own drawings with me on Twitter @DrPaulaRedmond #WhenWorkHurts.

You can find Heidi on Twitter @heidi_ed

If you fancy watching the Emergency Department staff animation you can find it here https://vimeo.com/435039026

And you can get hold of the Do No Harm mindful embroidery craftivism project here www.drpaularedmond.com/donoharm

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Jan Bostock is a consultant clinical psychologist who works in the Northeast and Cumbria Wellbeing Hub for health and social care staff.

She's also a key figure in the development of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (BPS, 2018), and is co-chair of the British Psychological Society committee for the Framework.

As well as reflecting on her experiences of the pandemic we also discuss how issues around power and social justice can be key to dealing with the mental health of those working for the NHS and social care.

You can find your local Wellbeing Hub for NHS staff here:

• England
• Scotland

Here are some of the resources Jan mentioned:

• https://www.bps.org.uk/coronavirus-resources/professional/facilitating-community-resilience
• https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mary-Boyle/A-Straight-Talking-Introduction-to-the-Power-Threat-Meani/25519665
• https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph22

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Dame Clare Gerada is known as the Doctor's Doctor. She's the medical director and founder of Practitioner Health and as well as chair of the charity Doctors In Distress. She's also the president of the Royal College of GPs and a practising GP in south London.

In this episode you'll hear her thoughts on what the pandemic has been like for GPs and the unique pressures they have felt.

If you want to find out more about her book "Beneath The White Coat" you can find it here.

And for information about Practitioner Health and Doctors In Distress you can visit the websites:

• https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/
• https://doctors-in-distress.org.uk/

This is the last episode in this series. Thank you so much for listening. We'll be back in March with Series 2. If you want to be the first to know about it you can sign up to my emails here.

Welcome to Season 2 of the When Work Hurts podcast.

We start this second series of conversations with a look at moral injury.

It's a term we've come to hear a lot recently, so to get a fuller understanding of what moral injury is I chat to health psychologist and expert in moral injury amongst healthcare workers, Dr Esther Murray.

Esther's book is The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Practitioners.

You can connect with Esther on Twitter @EM_HealthPsych

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A full transcript of the episode is available here.