Healthcare systems and supporting workers' wellbeing: Ft. Dame Clare Gerada

The YOD Pod

Team YOD were privileged to come together with the brilliant Dame Clare Gerada - who shares so many of YOD's values and aims.

• Dame Gerada is a GP, President of the Royal College of Practitioners, Founder & Medical Director of NHS Practitioner Health, Chair of Doctors In Distress, author of 'Beneath The White Coat' & a life-long advocate for supporting doctors' mental health.
• NHS Practitioner Health & Doctors In Distress sadly share the same catalyst for creation as YOD - being tragedy as a result of doctors' mental health 💔 - but also a deep passion for making a meaningful difference for doctors lives.
• Together, we identify common mental health struggles amongst doctors, often kept hidden - including a deep anxiety, lack of belonging, self blame & training that teaches you to hide emotions.
• We discuss the need to develop a sense of belonging between doctors - often lost through rotations and team changes.
• Dame Clare shares her views on which global healthcare system does best for doctors' emotional and mental health - and why.
• She tells us what changes need to happen to improve the institutional NHS problems she sees as responsible for causing doctors' mental health problems.
• And, despite the tough times, she speaks passionately about her joy from being a doctor and the commonality amongst doctors with this.
  "We love caring for patients and we love bringing about change"

This podcast episode is sponsored by #FirstRespondersFirst in the 🇺🇸. We are privileged & proud to partner with them to support doctors' mental health globally. Find our more about the brilliant work they do here:
https://thriveglobal.com/categories/first-responders-first/
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