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Mental wellbeing is something we all manage day by day. At Medical Protection, we know that the pressures and demands you face as a doctor, nurse or healthcare professional can make this challenging - more now than ever before.

It can be hard to notice when your mental health is suffering, or know how to improve it. We're here to help you assess your wellbeing and get support if you need it.

Whether you want to lower your stress levels, sleep better or prevent burnout, we can help you take positive steps to better mental wellbeing.

We’ve partnered with Lyra International to give you access to immediate practical support. You can talk one-to-one with a licensed counsellor as part of your membership, and access a personalised wellness service through the Hub app.

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Confidential counselling from Lyra

Lyra

As a Medical Protection member you can access a counselling service as part of your membership, for work-related issues such as stress, burnout, anxiety, and conflict.*

This counselling service is provided by our trusted partner Lyra, who offer a personalised and professional service tailored to members’ needs and delivered by experienced qualified counsellors.

Members can access telephone support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and face-to-face counselling sessions can be arranged.

The service is completely confidential and independent of Medical Protection - your contact with Lyra will remain private - and accessing the service is easy.

To book a session, call Lyra on 1800 849004  and quote your Medical Protection membership number.

* up to six sessions are available as part of the free counselling service.

 

Lyra Wellbeing Hub

Access to the ‘Lyra Wellbeing Hub’ app is just one of the benefits of Medical Protection membership.

The Hub app provides a personalised online wellness service, giving you 24/7 access to confidential advice, guidance, and self-learning tools created by experts.

Keep on top of your wellbeing with a selection of recipes, articles, and advice, and take positive steps to improvement with five-day challenges, wellness assessments, personal health reports, interactive quizzes, and more.

Wellbeing Phone App

Search for ‘Lyra Wellbeing Hub’ in the Apple App Store or Google Play and use code MP001 to get started.

Apple App store
Google Play

50% off Portal Premium: the award-winning wellbeing app that takes you away from it all

Our surroundings have a huge impact on our mental wellbeing, but we often have little control over the environments we spend most of our time in. Portal changes that.

Portal harnesses the power of immersive technology, including 3D spatial audio and smart lighting integration, to provide instant escapes to some of the most calming, remote and peaceful locations on the planet. From tropical beaches in Thailand to thunderstorms in the Amazon rainforest, these environments are all designed to help you sleep, focus, relax and unwind.

Portal Premium is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro.

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Webinars - the Humble Sleep series
Humble Sleep

Dr Ashish Bhatia discusses the science behind sleep and provides guidance aimed at empowering your decisions regarding your personal wellbeing, giving you a range of unique tools and exercises to improve your sleeping patterns.

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Humble Sleep: Balancing Boundaries

Delve into the risks of multitasking, the dangers of digital lives, and the misunderstandings around ‘work life balance’. By learning more about the science and art of respecting the boundaries of our bodies, brains, people, and places, you can design your day to naturally balance boundaries and nurture optimal performance.

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Humble Sleep

Sleep is a basic function that we take for granted. To support the wellbeing of our members, Dr Bhatia discusses the science behind sleep as well as tips on how to improve your sleep.

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Humble Sleep: Survive and Thrive on Shifts

Manage your sleep by understanding more about the impacts of shift work on our health and performance. Learn from the experts how using chronobiology can help you set up and adapt your body clock and proactively plan your shifts.

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