Wellbeing
Last updated: October 2025
Library books
The library has a collection of wellbeing books, personal health stories written by people living with different conditions, and fiction books. Search or browse the library catalogue below.
The library also has a staff book club that meets monthly – sign up if you enjoy reading fiction but need some motivation or enjoy discussing books with others. There’s no pressure to read every book! Contact the library to sign up on ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net.
Uplifting resources
NHS England and the Reading Agency have crowd-sourced a list of uplifting, digital resources for NHS staff. The choices were recommended by your colleagues in the NHS, and are ideal for boosting your mood. You can use at your leisure via any computer or mobile device.
Support for East Cheshire staff
- East Cheshire NHS Trust staff only:
- NHS Employers: Health and wellbeing resources
- Doctors’ Support Network
- Royal College of Nursing: Mental health and wellbeing
- British Medical Association (BMA): Counselling and peer support services
Local support
Mental wellbeing
- Mental Health self-help guide
- Be Mindful
- Living Life to the Full: CBT-based resources for low mood
- Wellbeing Info
- Nurse Lifeline
Physical wellbeing
- NHS: Better Health
- NHS: Healthier Families
- NHS: Food Scanner app
- Videos: Yoga with Adriene
Wellbeing at work
- Acas: Health and wellbeing at work
- CIPD: Health and safety: UK employment law
- Mind: Mental health at work
- NHS: Health at Work Network
- Citizens Advice: Work
Support for staff with addictions
- NHS: Stop smoking services
- NHS Better Health: Create a personal plan to quite smoking
- NHS: Alcohol support
- NHS Better Health: Drink less alcohol
- Drinkaware
- CNTW Self Help Guides: Alcohol and you
- NHS: Drug addiction: getting help
- Talk to Frank: Get friendly, confidential advice by phone, text, or online
- Families Anonymous: Support for families impacted by substance abuse
- GamCare: Support for those affected by gambling harms
- GambleAware: Tools and support
Suicide and self-harm prevention
- Zero Suicide Alliance
- NHS Employers: Suicide prevention resources
- Business in the Community: Suicide Prevention Toolkit
- E-Learning: Internet Safety, Suicide and Self-Harm
- CNTW Self Help Guides: Self-harm
Emergency support
If you or someone you know is at risk of immediate harm, go to any hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) or call 999. If you need support right now, but don’t want to go to A&E, here are some other options.
- Call 111 and select option 2 for mental health, or use 111 online
- Call Samaritans on 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org (email response may take a few days)
- Call Papyrus Hopeline on 0800 068 41 41 or text 88247 (for young people aged under 35)
- Text SHOUT to 85258 to speak to a Shout volunteer
- Find local urgent and crisis support by location