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The London and KSS deaneries fund the Mednet service for doctors in difficulty. The link can be used for further information on their services. A brief summary of the service is provided below:

MedNet is a confidential Consultation service for doctors by doctors at Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust and at South London & Maudsley NHS Trust. Funded by the London Deanery, it provides doctors and dentists with confidential consultations, advice about their careers, emotional support, and when needed, access to other expert help. This may include more specialised psychotherapeutic interventions (which embrace all the mainstream modalities of psychotherapy), or specialised psychiatric advice.

MedNet is staffed by Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy, who have seen over 750 doctors face-to-face in the last ten years. Treatment interventions are tailored to the individual practitioner in the context of a supportive relationship.

To access MedNet, practitioners, of any grade or specialty, must live or work within the area covered by the London Deanery and KSS Deanery. The service is confidential and well respected. The service deals with a wide range of problems including anxiety, depression, relationships at work/home, burnout and work/life balance, bullying/harassment at work, obsessive compulsive disorder, anger management, bipolar illness, personality difficulties, communication difficulties, adjustment difficulties, isolation/racism/migration, social phobia, examination stress, inquiry/clinical incident stress, NCAS/GMC involvement, trauma, past or recent bereavement/loss.

Sue Morgan
Chair, SASG Group

BGS Newsletter, February 2010
Issue 25 ISSN 1748-634000 25