Wellbeing for health professionals

Dealing with an increased workload in never easy. Dr Katarina Stefkova gives her top ten tips on practical strategies that can help you and your team get through it. "When things get stressful, focusing on the beauty of the teamwork and job satisfaction helps to cope with it all."

Dr Richard Daniels tells us about his project LOLIPOP which grew from the tumult of the pandemic to improve communication between staff and boost morale.

Dr Shosh Layman, a trainee at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, tells us about the success of a project she started to support the wellbeing of her colleagues and improve morale.

Sophie Taylor is no stranger to challenges and is acutely aware of the difficulty we all face in overcoming them. Here she shares her experiences of growing up as well as some things she's found to help relieve the pressures of the past year. She is a 4th year medical student at Keele University and...

As part of their wellbeing drive, Croydon University Hospital recently ran a competition among their paediatric trainees and consultants to answer, “What does wellbeing mean to you?” We present the winners.

This summer we are celebrating 25 years of RCPCH. In our special anniversary feature, members reflect on the changes they have seen in paediatrics and what being a member of the College has meant to them.

As the world has learned to adjust to the changes brought about by COVID-19, Dr Dan Magnus reflects on his thoughts from last year and expresses his feelings about the recovery from the pandemic and what it means for the wellbeing of all of us.

Dr Anna Baverstock looks at the importance of being kind to each other and how we can all benefit from building connections and growing compassion. "The ripple effect from these very small acts of kindness can be so much larger than any of us realise."

In February 2021, we published the conclusions of our Paediatrics 2040 project. In this blog Dr Seb Gray explains why we included a focused report on wellbeing and offers some practical thoughts on supporting the wellbeing of paediatricians into the future.

Based on the legal guidance, paediatric trainees and doctors can use this resource to identify supporting options available to them where appropriate.