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Flagship support and learning programme

Wellbeing &
Workplace Dignity

Recognise what is happening, protect immediate safety, choose the right route and recover without confusing personal support with employment or regulatory advice.

Start with your situation ↓Follow all 12 modules
Immediate danger or risk of serious harm?Call 999 or attend the nearest Emergency Department. For urgent mental-health support, use your nation’s current NHS route, GP or crisis service.
Open support finder ↓
Start here

What do you need help with?

Choose the closest concern. This tool guides you to information; it does not diagnose illness, determine misconduct or provide legal advice.

Pattern explorer

What features are present?

Select only what you recognise. This is not a legal test and does not label another person.

Your next consideration

No selection does not mean there is no problem. Begin with a factual chronology and seek support if the situation is affecting you.

Read the detailed guide →
A safe first response

The CARE model

Use this four-step pause when a difficult event creates competing health, clinical and employment pressures.

CStep 1Check immediate risk
AStep 2Anchor the facts
RStep 3Reach the right support
EStep 4Establish the next step

CARE is an author-developed navigation aid, not a clinical risk assessment or legal framework.

How to use the programme

Read, apply, check and revisit

For a complete foundation, work from Module 1 to Module 12. If you face a current difficulty, begin with the route finder and return to the full sequence later. Each lesson includes a short answer, detailed guidance, worked examples, questions for practice, a downloadable PDF and a six-question knowledge check.

Private progress

0 of 12 modules completed

Progress storage is off. Knowledge checks still work, but results are not remembered.

Complete programme

Twelve modules from recognition to recovery

Open the module that matches today’s need or follow the programme in order.

Dated directory

Find the appropriate support

Choose where you work and the main need. Open the provider page to confirm current eligibility before relying on the listing.

Samaritans

UK

Confidential emotional support for anyone struggling to cope.

Who can use it
Anyone
Contact
116 123
Availability
24 hours
Confidentiality
Confidentiality has safety and legal limits explained by the service.
Check the current provider page ↗Listing verified 7 September 2026

BMA counselling and peer support

UK

Counselling and doctor-to-doctor peer support; this number does not provide BMA employment advice.

Who can use it
All doctors and medical students; structured therapy has separate eligibility
Contact
0330 123 1245
Availability
24 hours
Confidentiality
Confidential, with rare safety or legal exceptions described by the provider.
Check the current provider page ↗Listing verified 7 September 2026
Private action plan

Turn concern into next steps

Nothing entered here is transmitted or saved. Avoid identifiable information, then print if a paper prompt would help.

Linked support

How a SAS Advocate may help

An advocate can listen, help organise the issue, explain local routes, signpost support and raise anonymised organisational themes. The advocate is not a therapist, union representative, investigator or legal adviser.

Open the SAS Advocates centre →
Source and review controls

Current guidance, labelled by nation

Employment, equality, speaking-up and practitioner-support arrangements differ across the UK. Open the original source and local policy before acting.

GMC · Good medical practice 2024 ↗Great Britain · Acas bullying guidance ↗Great Britain · HSE Management Standards ↗Content and service listings last checked 7 September 2026. Independent general guidance; not clinical, employment, immigration or legal advice.