Discover our portfolio of psychological development programmes
Large-scaleShine Bright Virtual Mental Health Group Consultations
Helping patients think better, feel better, live better – powered by ShinyMind, the award-winning digital wellbeing prescription
Co-designed with the NHS and GP practices, ShinyMind are pioneering a first-of-its-kind approach to deliver large-scale Mental Health Virtual Group Consultations, reducing primary care demand and widening access 100+ patients at a time. Achieving comparable results to NHS Talking Therapies, this ground-breaking programme not only augments the capabilities of primary care teams, but reduces patient demand, freeing up GP time to deal with complex cases and marking a significant leap in mental health provision.
What it can achieve
- Reduce workload of GPs and primary care teams
- Happier patients achieving comparable results to NHS Talking Therapies
- Frees up time in primary care to deal with complex cases
- Reduces patient demand
- Boost team wellbeing and productivity
- Delivers more with existing Access, Inequalities, QOF budgets
NHS TT Comparable Results
- 94% of patients felt significantly better, with 100% feeling better
- 75% of patients highly motivated to improve their mental health themselves, with 100% motivated
- 81% of patients felt less likely to need mental health support from their GP
- Based on 94% of patients eligible for NHS Talking Therapies support, it has achieved a statistically significant 6.5 point decrease in GAD and a 3.9 point decrease in PHQ, similar to improvement achieved by NHS TT.
Due to the huge interest already shown, limited places available for the next phase of our Shine Bright Mental Health Virtual Group Consultations – if you want to get involved please register your interest below.
‘Shine, Grow, Achieve’ Programme
A new psychological development programme designed specifically for NHS nurses and midwives in the first three years of their careers to tackle the high attrition rates currently being experienced in the NHS. This programme gives your nursing workforce the opportunity to shine, grow, and achieve a fulfilling and successful career. Participants learn to construct empowering beliefs and adopt a growth mindset that will help them own their voice and step up.
- 92% improved their understanding and awareness of self and of others
- 92% improved their confidence
- 84% reported improved job satisfaction and feeling they were making a difference
- 75% felt more likely to stay in the NHS
I feel I am now aware of the impact of my voice and have a better understanding of how to use it. I have more confidence to step forward, speak up and voice my thoughts to support my team, my patients and myself.
Shine, Achieve, Grow Programme Participant
Want to support your nurses and midwives in the first three years of their career? Email us at hello@shinymind.co.uk.
‘Power to Shine’ HCSW Programme
Developed to empower health care support workers in their roles, giving them the tools to support themselves and their wider teams so they can thrive and continue delivering great care. Improving retention and reducing burnout, participants end the programme with greater self-awareness, confidence and a changed perspective of their role and value.
How did HCSWs feel about the programme?
- 90% said their understanding and awareness of self had improved
- 80% said their confidence and wellbeing had improved
- 80% said their job satisfaction and productivity had improved
- 20% more likely to stay in the NHS
I feel more confident now and I know my worth and powers. I know I am doing my best and I am compassionate and patient with our patients and I am supporting people in the best way I can. The difference is that now I am more aware of their and my own feelings. Thank you very much for giving me that opportunity to grow. My self-esteem has grown a lot during this course.
Power to Shine participant
Programme overview
- Up to 50 participants
- Delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams
- 4 weekly 2-hour session on: Authenticity and Mindset | Self as Leader, Responsibility and Possibility | Relationships, Self and Others | Empowerment and Action
For more information about this programme, please email us at hello@shinymind.co.uk and a member of our team will be in touch.
‘Releasing your Potential’ IENM Programme
A new pioneering, psychological development programme to support and equip internationally educated nurses with the tools and techniques to succeed in their OSCE first time and unlock their full potential to become outstanding nurses in practice within the NHS.
ShinyMind are currently co-designing the programme with NHS England South East, now live across several cohorts, and are delivering stakeholder discovery sessions to co-create and develop an interactive toolkit for IENMs who are preparing to taker their OSCE. Read our blog here.
The programme is very helpful and it’s a very good development opportunity. We appreciate you all. I attended the first class and it really changed my thoughts, and I now believe that its not easy but its possible, and I have a positive feeling about the whole preparation for OSCE. I feel more relaxed. I consider this as a form of relaxation and psychological support. THANK YOU ALL,WE APPRECIATE.
Releasing your Potential IENM Participant
“We have heard how the OSCE makes those who have to take it feel fearful and uncertain about their abilities as a nurse or midwife. This programme has been designed with and for international educated nurses and midwives to build confidence, reaffirm your skills and help you see your potential to build a career. We believe in you, and we want to make sure you feel prepared and have the self-belief to be at your best when you take the exam. This is the beginning of your career; it is achievable.”
Debbie Knight, Head of Clinical Quality – Workforce, NHS England South East
Want to support your International Educated Nurses and Midwives? Email us at hello@shinymind.co.uk.
‘Shine’ Wellbeing Prescription Programme
This award-winning primary care, digital transformation programme simultaneously supports the retention of primary care teams and improves the wellbeing of their patients.
Increasing primary care capacity, productivity and improving staff morale whilst reducing demand by enabling preventative prescribing of ShinyMind at population level. As a result, primary care teams have reported a 73% increase in productivity and job satisfaction.
It works for staff
- 73% improvement in work productivity and job satisfaction
- 64%improved the likelihood staff would continue to work in primary care
- 100%improved their understanding of others and relationships
- 100% used ShinyMind and found it useful (30%found it very useful)
It works for patients
- 78% found ShinyMind the app easy to use
- 86% felt ShinyMind made them feel better
- 91% would like to keep ShinyMind
- 94% felt others would benefit from ShinyMind
- 26% reduction in number of patients affected by moderate to severe anxiety
- 30% reduction in number of patients affected by moderate to severe depression
- Reduction of 2.5 to 3.5 GP contacts per year
“A brilliant opportunity to improve the wellbeing of patients and the staff that support them. It’s such an innovative approach that works for a modern world and I think it’s really exciting”.
Dr Sarah Whiteman, Chief Medical Director of BLMK ICB
If you’d like to find out more about the Shine Wellbeing Prescription programme – we’d love to chat! Get in touch hello@shinymind.co.uk.
‘Platform for Transformation’ Leadership Programme
Platform is an identity-level leadership programme which helps senior leaders step up with self-confidence, belief, authenticity and courage in order to have impact and personal influence within their own leadership journey, and to successfully deliver and embody their organisation and system transformational plans to improve patient care.
Significant improvement was seen across 8 of the 9 Dimensions of Leadership Behaviour post programme, with shifts of up to 45% in performance and specific improvement in;
- the ability to influence for results
- inspire shared purpose
- engage the team
- lead with care
- evaluate information
- connect their service
- hold to account
- the ability to share their leadership vision
“It goes to the core of who you are as an individual and gives you positive choices about how you want to influence the system going forward.”
Platform participant