NHS Practitioner Health is a free, confidential service for doctors and dentists across England with mental illness and addiction problems, who are working or looking to return to clinical practice. This service is a commitment as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.
The previously named NHS GP Health Service (formed as part of a broader package of support within the General Practice Forward view published in 2016) launched on the 30 January 2017, with The Hurley Clinic Partnership as the provider of this service. We have now expanded this service to include all doctors and dentist working in England with the service now known as NHS Practitioner Health.
The service is an important part of our commitment to help retain a healthy and resilient workforce and in supporting doctors and dentists (including trainees) who wish to remain in or return to clinical practice after a period of ill health.
