March 6, 2026 • 00:56:24

Identifying your risk: how to recognise the burnout cliff and build a wellbeing plan

As a GP, you are at high risk of burnout, which the World Health Organisation defines as a syndrome from chronic, unmanaged workplace stress—it is not a personal failure. In this essential webinar, Dr Helen Garr, Medical Director at NHS Practitioner Health, shares practical, evidence-based tools to recognise the signs before you reach the 'burnout cliff' and find support within your practice and the wider sessional workforce community.


YouTube of webinar


  • https://youtu.be/Xg8aO2JjJLs


What you will learn


  • Why burnout is a system problem, not a character flaw in the sessional GP workforce.
  • How to use energy accounting (the 'spoon theory') to protect your capacity and maintain continuity.
  • The crucial steps to build psychological safety within your team by 'reaching in' to colleagues.
  • The common signs you are near the 'burnout cliff' and what 'bad medicine' coping strategies look like.
  • How to create a personal wellbeing plan (WRAP plan) and identify your vital support network (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes crew).

Topic order


  • Burnout: It's a systemic issue, not a flaw (Boiling frog analogy).
  • The burnout cliff: recognising common signs and compassion fatigue.
  • The temperature continuum: checking in on your psychological well-being.
  • Developing a Wellbeing/Resilience Action Plan (WRAP plan).
  • Psychological safety and secondary stressors (the psychological backpack).
  • Building your support network (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes crew).
  • Energy accounting: the 'spoon theory'.
  • NHS Practitioner Health: confidential mental health and addiction treatment.


Resources


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