Florence

Does Florence offer any mental health support?

Yes, our care professionals have access to various services: Free person-to-person mental health support services

We support the charity Nurse Lifeline a peer led listening service open to all health and care professionals. They offer free support services:

Peer-led support phoneline: 'run by nurses and midwives for nurses and midwives.' Call <a href="tel:08088010455" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">0808 801 0455</a> any weekday evening from 7pm – 10pm if you’d like someone to listen and need a safe place to offload. This service is confidential and anonymous.

Email support: If you prefer to write, you can email them at <a href="mailto:alex@nurselifeline.org.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alex@nurselifeline.org.uk</a> and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Mental health resource library – via social media, their blog and online – providing well-being tips and signposts to other mental health support communities. Learn more at <a href="https://www.nurselifeline.org.uk/resources" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Resources | Nurse lifeline</a> and follow Nurse Lifeline on social media @Nurselifelineuk.

- Peer-led support phoneline: 'run by nurses and midwives for nurses and midwives.' Call <a href="tel:08088010455" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">0808 801 0455</a> any weekday evening from 7pm – 10pm if you’d like someone to listen and need a safe place to offload. This service is confidential and anonymous.
- Email support: If you prefer to write, you can email them at <a href="mailto:alex@nurselifeline.org.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alex@nurselifeline.org.uk</a> and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.
- Mental health resource library – via social media, their blog and online – providing well-being tips and signposts to other mental health support communities. Learn more at <a href="https://www.nurselifeline.org.uk/resources" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Resources | Nurse lifeline</a> and follow Nurse Lifeline on social media @Nurselifelineuk.

Another option is a <a href="https://able-futures.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free service</a> funded by the Department of Health and Pensions. Online courses ​

We also offer a free Health and well-being course to all Florence health and care professionals: <a href="https://academy.florence.co.uk/public/courses/self-care-and-personal-wellbeing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://academy.florence.co.uk/public/courses/self-care-and-personal-wellbeing</a> Blogs ​

You can also read various <a href="https://www.florence.co.uk/blog/?_audience=professionals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blogs</a> with advice about mental health on our Florence blogs.