19 October 2023

The Keeping Well Service run by CNWL for key workers in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes closed on 1 October 2023 and will no longer take referrals. However, there are still a number of webinars running with our partners at Sleep School, which are open to all NHS staff and other key workers in the region. They are listed below and on the Keeping Well BLMK website homepage.

All staff also have exclusive access to the digital Sleep Support Platform containing a range of guides, events and webinars to support your sleep. Learn how to get access to Sleep School here.

The Keeping Well Service in North West London is still operating and open to all CNWL staff. Find out more about this service and contact them at this link.

Upcoming Keeping Well BLMK events

'What is compassion fatigue and burnout?' workshop

In a one-day workshop by Keeping Well BLMK & Dr Chris Irons, learn what compassion fatigue and burnout is, getting to know the signs and what to do.

Compassion fatigue and burnout can be very common problems for key workers, but do you know what these terms mean?

In this online workshop by Keeping Well BLMK and Dr Chris Irons, a leading expert and published psychologist, it will look at:

• What compassion fatigue and burnout means and how we can spot the signs

• The common causes of these difficulties, and how we can understand these through the lens of the three-emotion regulation system model.

• How developing compassion for ourselves can be a powerful way of regulating stress and supporting ourselves at work and in general.

Save the date to join on Wednesday 8 November 2023 10am to 4pm.

Sign up here

Sleep essentials (four-part series)

The Keeping Well BLMK service and Sleep School will host a four-week part series of the common sleep essentials that everyone can practice to getting good sleep naturally.

Part 1: Prioritising sleep - 17 January 2024 12.30pm to 1.30pm

  • Introduction to the Sleep School’s 4-part series workshop
  • Review of common challenges stopping us from getting enough good quality sleep
  • Why it’s important to prioritise sleep for our mental, emotional and physical health
  • Understanding how much sleep we need to be healthy and how to get it
  • Practical advice on how to manage a sleep debt
  • Experiential practice of a clinically proven tool to help you fall asleep quicker during difficult times

Part 2: Winding down for sleep - 24 January 2024 12.30pm to 1.30pm

  • Darkening down and its role in helping us to wind down for sleep
  • Review of common challenges preventing us from winding down for sleep
  • Exploration of the science and fundamentals of winding down including lifestyle, regularity, routine and relaxation based activities
  • How to create a daily wind down routine habit for better sleep
  • Experiential practice of a clinically proven tool to promote a positive mindset before bed and better sleep during challenging times
  • Practical advice and tools on how to manage stress and physical discomfort at bedtime

Part 3: Falling asleep quickly - 31 January 2024 12.30pm to 1.30pm

  • Flexible thinking and its role in helping us to fall asleep
  • Review of common obstacles stopping us from falling asleep quickly
  • Understanding of science behind how we fall asleep and what happens during sleep
  • Practical advice on how to fall asleep either at the start or middle of the night
  • Experiential practice of a clinically proven tool to help you fall asleep quicker during difficult times

Part 4: Waking up refreshed - 7 February 2024 12.30pm to 1.30pm

  • Regular Sleep and its role in helping us to wake up refreshed
  • Review of the common challenges causing us to wake up unrefreshed
  • Practical advice on how to create a daily wake up routine habit
  • Practical advice on how to become a morning person

Sign up for your place on Eventbrite.

Psychological flexibility (how to manage work stress and anxiety's impact on sleep)

The Keeping Well BLMK service and Sleep School will explore psychological flexibility (how to manage work stress and anxiety's impact on sleep).

Join the one-hour live webinar will focus on:

  • How to move towards who and what matters in our daily life in order to effectively navigate stress
  • Science behind why we think and feel the way we do in response to stress
  • Discussion of helpful and unhelpful stress coping strategies
  • Experiential practice of clinically proven tools to help calm a busy mind and defuse negative thoughts and feelings during stress
  • Take part in a Q&A session

Join the psychological flexibility webinar on Wednesday 13 March 2024 from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. Sign up here on Eventbrite.

Overcoming Insomnia

Full details will be published in the coming weeks but it will take place on 10 April 2024.

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