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Project5 adds vital psychological support to the NHS
Project5, an independent well-being service to be supported by the NHS, is now offering free one-to-one support sessions for anyone in the NHS.
NHS people now have the choice to use either their own wellbeing services or to use Project5, an autonomous service outside of the NHS. The NHS and Project5 believe that it does not matter where people go if they need the help, it is just important that they do access support, but it has to be at the appropriate level of need and provided for by suitably qualified staff.
Project5 only onboards highly trained, verified professionals, giving the NHS confidence that they are supporting a service run by qualified and competent specialists.
Project5 pledges to support the NHS now, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and into the future. This is a sustainable offering.
Dr. Craig Newman, Project5's CEO, said: "Our strict high-governance model means we only onboard qualified and competent specialists into Project5 and give them additional training and guidelines to deal with whatever the NHS needs help with. This is our greatest strength. It allows the NHS to know that they are getting the right support from the right people at the right time."
The launch of Project5 coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week (18-25 May) and highlights how important it is to get the right help as early as possible. Many people, who are resilient and capable feel that they can carry on without getting help but, psychologically, this leads to early burn out and long-term psychological issues.
Project5 currently has capacity of over 10,000 hours of free support sessions per week, and is ready to assist with all sorts of well-being issues that NHS staff may be experiencing through a three-tier system approach. Depending on need, a person can choose to have free sessions with a coach who can support them through difficult decision making or dilemmas they are facing, or access more specialist support for people who are feeling distressed and who would benefit from a safe space so they can re-stabilise themselves emotionally, helping them to re-identify their strengths, so they can carry on and manage their stress in the future.
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