The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Staff Support Hub has closed – where can you get support?
Thank you for reaching out to us at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Staff Support Hub. We are sorry to tell you that the Hub has now closed to new referrals. The closure does not affect staff who are currently in our Service and our email address hello@hiowstaff.nhs.uk remains active for now to address any queries.
As you may have heard, NHS England ended the funding for all staff mental health and resilience Hubs across England at the end of March 2023. This means that HIOW Staff Support Hub cannot continue our mental health and resilience support for all health and social care staff.
Alternative available sources of personal support can be found at:
National Support:
- Frontline 19
- Samaritans on 116 123, available 24/7
- Shout Crisis Text Line on 85258, available 24/7
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) on 0800 585858, 5pm-midnight, every day
- Papyrus (under 35s) on 0800 068 4141, available 24/7
Local Support:
For information on and signposting to support for NHS colleagues, please visit the staff-facing HIOW People Portal.
Mental Health support can be accessed from your local NHS Talking Therapies provider which will be one of the following:
italk (all of Hampshire except Southampton and Portsmouth City)
- Phone: 02380 383920
- Self-referral online: www.italk.org.uk/self-referral
- Email for information: info@italk.org.uk
Talking Change (Portsmouth City – GP postcode PO1-PO6)
- Phone: 0300 123 3934 or complete self-referral form here.
Steps 2 Wellbeing (Southampton City – GP postcode SO14-SO19)
Phone: 0800 612 7000 or complete self-referral form here.
Isle Talk (Isle of Wight)
- Phone: 01983 532860
Your employer may have different support options available, please do check your organisation’s health and wellbeing electronic pages. You can also make use of your Employee Assistance Programme.
Please be aware that none of these services are crisis support teams. If you feel that distress is serious or urgent please always use 111 or 999 in an emergency.
If your enquiry relates to a Team or Organisational Enquiry, please contact us at hello@hiowstaff.nhs.uk.