Frontline dental staff to receive free emotional wellbeing support

The UK-wide medical defence organisation MDDUS has taken the step of extending its free and confidential support service for doctors and dentists to include the administrative staff they employ.

MDDUS, a mutual organisation which represents the professional interests of more than 56,000 healthcare professionals, took the step in response to the increase in incidents of verbal abuse of staff in GP and dental practices.

In a survey of its members, MDDUS found that 38 per cent of GPs had seen a significant increase in verbal abuse towards themselves and their practice staff following Covid-19.

The free and confidential Your Halo: Emotional Wellbeing phone line, run independently by Healthcare RM (part of the HMCL group), has provided vital support to doctors and dentists as they deliver pandemic recovery across the health service since it was launched in 2021.