Please click below to complete our online registration form for the Trainee Doctors and Dentists Support Service (TDDSS). Any information you provide will be held in the strictest confidence. Please be aware that our clinicians and therapists are unable to consult with patients who are abroad.
The Trainee Doctors & Dentist Support Service (TDDSS) is a psychoeducation and support service which aims to offer a range of interventions to support medical and dental trainees on programmes managed by HEE Local offices in London & dental trainees in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Medical trainees in Kent, Surrey & Sussex should access support via their local Performance Support Unit.
TDDSS is not commissioned to provide care to doctors or dentists who are unwell or suffering from current mental health concerns. If you are unwell then you will need to contact your GP or work place occupational health, or where eligible you may also access the NHS Practitioner Health Service.
If you have any problems with this form please email prac.health@nhs.net or call 0300 0303 300 during office hours (8am - 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am - 2pm Saturday). Please note we are not open on bank holidays.
Please note the following information: This online form was created by the NHS Practitioner Health Programme (NHS PH) using SmartSurvey. Your answers will only be seen by NHS PH. The following information is NOT recorded or tracked when you complete this form: your IP address, your location, your browser or operating system. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Connections are enabled. This survey is not indexed by search engines. SmartSurvey use a secure UK-based server.
This form is secured through SSL encryption and your data is password secured at Practitioner Health, it is only accessible by staff with two factor authentication (only accessible by having a password and a second device with a code). All data is stored on UK/EU-based servers (for further information can be found at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/security). In addition to these measures once a referral is received all data is removed from the server within two weeks.
Please note that TDDSS is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, feel unsafe or at risk to yourself or others, then you should contact 111/999, your own GP or attend your nearest Emergency Department/A&E as soon as possible. NHSPH does provide a crisis text service and you can access this by texting "NHSPH" to 85258. The Samaritans: 0161 236 8000 (local call charges apply) or 116 123 (free to call) can also be provide confidential support and are open 24 hours a day.
We ask you to fill in health screening questionnaires at this end of the form. They are really important in enabling us to help you quickly. They take a bit of time but please do complete them.