Heartbeat March 2020

Managing your health and wellbeing
during COVID-19
Taking care of yourself and in particular,
your psychological health is as
important as your physical health in the
extraordinary times we find ourselves
living in. Self-care is different for
everyone and finding coping mechanisms
that work for you will help to boost your
emotional and mental wellbeing.
To help you stay healthy during this time we
have a wide array of resources available.
Free and confidential
counselling
The Trust offers a free and confidential
counselling service. If you would like
to speak to someone you can call
extension 3306 and ask for a counselling
appointment.
A drop-in counselling service can be
accessed via one of the Trust’s accredited
counsellors on the following days and times:
Mondays: 7pm - 9pm. Linda can be
reached on 07973 664125.
Thursdays: 7 pm - 9 pm. Tony can be
reached on 07970 225929.
You can also access 24/7 counselling
through Health Assured Counselling on
0800 783 2808.
Resilience coaching –
confidential 1-1 support
Resilience Coaching is a 1-1 confidential
conversation and delivered using technology
to make it as easy as possible for colleagues
to access. If you would like to have an
initial conversation to see if this might help,
please email richard.burnell@nhs.net Visit
Connect for further information.
Unmind
Unmind is a mental health platform that
empowers you to proactively improve your
mental wellbeing. Using scientifically-backed
assessments, tools and training you can
measure and manage your personal mental
health needs, including digital programmes
designed to help with stress, sleep, coping,
connection, fulfilment and nutrition.
How to access Unmind:
• Go to nhs.unmind.com/signup
• Sign up with your NHS email address
• Download the Unmind app from your
app store - your organisation name
is NHS
If you do not see your NHS email domain or
have another support query, please visit the
FAQs and support for more information.
Free access to wellbeing apps
NHS staff have been given
free access to several
wellbeing apps from now
until the end of December
2020 to support your mental
health and wellbeing.
Headspace
Headspace is a science-backed app in
mindfulness and meditation, providing unique
tools and resources to help reduce stress,
build resilience, and aid better sleep.
How to access Headspace:
• Go to www.headspace.com/nhs to
access this app.There is an option to
select clinical or non-clinical staff to start
enrolling.
• You will need to use your NHS email
address to sign up
Access their FAQs and support for more
information.
COVID-19
Sleepio and Daylight
(developed by Big Health)
Sleepio is a clinically-evidenced sleep
improvement programme that is fully
automated and highly personalised,
using cognitive behavioural techniques
to help improve poor sleep.
Daylight is a smartphone-based app that
provides help to people experiencing
symptoms of worry and anxiety, using
evidence-based cognitive behavioural
techniques, voice and animation.
How to access Sleepio:
• Go to sleepio.com/access
• Sign up for an account using your
name and email address
• Click ‘Personalise Sleepio’
• Get started.
How to access Daylight:
• Go to trydaylight.com/access
• Answer a few short questions to
tailor the programme to you
• Sign up for an account using your
name and email address
• Download the Daylight smartphone
app (search ‘Daylight - Worry Less’
on both iPhone and Android)
• Get started.
For technical support please
contact hello@sleepio.com or
hello@trydaylight.com
Priority shopping at
supermarkets
Many of the major supermarkets have a
reserved time for NHS workers to do their
shopping outside of busy periods.
• Sainsbury’s - every day from 7.30 am
- 8 am
• Asda - Monday, Wednesday and Friday
8 am – 9 am
• Tesco - Every Sunday, priority browsing
hour before checkouts open
• Co-op - Monday – Saturday, 8 am –
9 am and Sunday 10 am – 11 am
• Marks and Spencer - Tuesday and
Friday – the first hour of opening
• Morrisons - Monday to Saturday, the
first hour of opening
• Iceland - Monday to Friday, the final
hour of trading.
• Aldi - open 30 minutes early on
Sundays for NHS, police and fire service.
Priority entry will be given to those with
an NHS badge at any time of the day.
Why not visit our very own pop
up shop?
Your Trust Charity has recently launched a
pop up shop at Sandwell Hospital. This shop is
specifically for our frontline colleagues.
You are able to purchase essential items such
as pasta, fruit, toilet roll and cleaning products.
Only card and contactless payments are accepted
and items are limited to one per person.
The pop up shop is located in seminar room
seven, learning and development. The shop will
be open on the following days and times:
• Monday, Wednesday and Friday
• 7.30am – 10am and 13.30 – 16.00
We are working with a local business near
City Hospital to try and secure priority
entrance to staff with preference on
selected goods. We’re also working hard to
provide colleagues in the community with
access to care packages. Watch this space
for more information!
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