'NHS people were being called heroes and warriors and angels and I thought I had to fit that bill.'

Dr Amir Khan GP opens up about how working on the frontline during the pandemic affected his mental health and shares advice to other healthcare professionals who are struggling.

It’s four years today I joined this fab #NHScomms team... been a lot of challenges recently but we continue to work as a great team! And... no Marie-Anne August is not drinking wine on MS Teams! Sharon Berkhout Daisy Oakes Peter Leggatt and of course Paul :)

We stand together with our staff, those who use our services and the community against racism. Our message is loud and clear: everyone has the right to feel safe – we promote a zero tolerance approach to hate crime and #racism : orlo.uk/SFff6 #BlackLivesMatter

As we draw closer to the end of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek our chaplains have provided us with Pause for Thoughts around the theme of #kindness . Watch a short video and read more here: orlo.uk/qbyMf #MHAW #MHAW 20 #MHAW 2020 #kindness matters #mentalhealth #FridayThoughts

Primary Care Liaison Team Manager in #LearningDisability services Katy #SafeStaffingSavesLives #FairPayForNursing talks about her role and what kindness means during this time: orlo.uk/12jyG #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW #MHAW 20 #MHAW 2020 #SaturdayThoughts #learningdisabilities #NHS #kindnessmatters

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme is #kind ness . Neill, Clinical Team Leader from TALKWORKS describes how being #kind to yourself is important, especially in this current time: socsi.in/WVBdp #MHAW #MHAW 2020 #mentalhealth #kind ness matters

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek this week and the Comms team have been busy planning a week of #kindness stories and messages for our staff and the public 😊 Remember to be kind to yourselves in these tricky times #MHAW #mhaw2020 #mentalhealth #KindnessMatters

🥳 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek starts today! Let’s get the nation talking about kindness & mental health📣

🌍At times like these, when the world feels upside down🙃Kindness can be the key to turning things around💚

👉Visit mentalhealth.org.uk/mhaw & join in! #KindnessMatters

Happy 100th birthday Captain Tom Moore! Staff at Exeter’s Wonford House Hospital salute you on behalf of everyone here! Thank you for your service, dedication and fundraising efforts for the #NHS . You are a hero. #captaintommoore #happybirthday #100today @NHSCharitiestogether

Take a look at this little gem staff have pulled out of the bag! Featuring teams redeployed to help our South West CRHT Team including staff from STEP (Specialist Team for Early Intervention in Psychosis), CMHT and the #MentalHealth Assessment Team. #goodtotakeabreak #DPTdancing

Calling all garden centres who have had to stop selling, we could really do with some colour in our garden at @DPT_Perinatal our Mothers are unable to go out and want to start working on the garden St Bridget Nurseries 😊🌈

We’ve been busy working on getting the message out about our staff wellbeing service offering priority access to #NHS and social care staff in #Devon . If you’re struggling or feeling overwhelmed with the impact of #COVID19 we are here to help. #wellbeing #NHS staff #support

My 40th bday was on the 1st day of lockdown. What could have been a very #isolating experience turned out to be one of #connection . Loads of cards, messages and presents still keeping me going today! Spread the love in these strange times ❤️ #IsolationLife #love #mentalhealth

I live in the middle of nowhere but we all ventured out to #clapforourcarers I felt super proud of our #NHS especially our Devon Partnership NHS Trust frontline staff, what gems they are. Our patients are in great hands 🖐 ❤️🤚 #proudofDPT #StayHomeSaveLives #NHS heroes #thankyouNHS

Our @dpt_nhs @Twitter feed has a shiny new blue tick! Thanks NHS England and @TwitterUK for verifying! It’s important for people to know information is coming from a trusted source in these unprecedented times. We’ll continue to work hard in our #nhscomms team re #COVIDー19 #NHS

The most common symptoms of #coronavirus are:
▶️ New continuous cough
▶️ High temperature (37.8 degrees or higher)

If you have either of these, you need to:
▶️ stay at home
▶️ not leave your house for 7 days from when your symptoms started. Useful info: gov.uk/government/pub…

Great day @escothouse for our team #awayday talking all things #communications and #engagement . Our new team member, Tooshie, took part by malting profusely, used her claws for impact and is partial to a sausage roll Sarah Williams 💙 Sharon Berkhout Peter Leggatt Ruth McClelland #events #dpt

Here Escot Estate for our #comms team #awayday today with Sharon Berkhout Marie-Anne August Ruth McClelland Peter Leggatt. Let’s do this! Say hello to the house cat Tooshie! #NHScomms #segway #wingingit #Devon

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Explore our collection of primary and secondary resources that shine a spotlight on the importance of young people’s mental wellbeing.

The themes include depression, OCD, body image and bullying.

Full collection here:
bbc.co.uk/teach/teach/ch…

An opportunity to be part of a nationally leading service working with nationally renowned integrated care system in.Beautiful part of the world with first class people.What are you waiting for! Please retweet Tony Russell Adrian James Philippa Slinger Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust @DrP8ken