Short answer
Pharma Mate checks listings against each provider's own website, and guides against official UK sources such as Acas, GOV.UK, nidirect, the NHS, the MHRA and the professional regulators. Each source below says what Pharma Mate uses the source for. All sources were checked on 10 October 2026.
Charities and peer support services
Used for who each service helps, how to get in touch and opening hours.
- Pharmacist Support (opens another website): services for pharmacists, trainees, students and their families.
- DoctorsHelp (opens another website): the directory of financial support for doctors.
- Doctors' Support Network (opens another website): peer support membership for doctors and medical students.
- Doctors in Distress (opens another website): group programmes for healthcare workers.
- Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (opens another website): grants and money advice for doctors and medical students.
- Cavell Nurses' Trust (opens another website): help and grants for nurses, midwives and HCAs.
- Dentists' Health Support Trust (opens another website): one-to-one support for dentists, with phone hours.
- BDA Benevolent Fund (opens another website): help for dentists and dental students in hardship.
- The Ambulance Staff Charity (opens another website): services for ambulance staff, students and volunteers.
- Laura Hyde Foundation (opens another website): mental health support for medical and emergency services staff.
- Psychiatrists' Support Service (opens another website): peer support for psychiatrists.
- The Balint Society (opens another website): reflective groups for clinicians.
- GLADD (opens another website): the community for LGBTQ+ doctors, dentists and students.
NHS mental health services for staff
Used for eligibility, how to refer yourself and contact numbers.
- NHS Practitioner Health: healthcare staff in England (opens another website): eligibility and self-referral in England.
- Workforce Specialist Service, Scotland (opens another website): eligibility for regulated staff in Scotland.
- Canopi (opens another website): support for NHS and social care staff in Wales.
- Canopi: referral (opens another website): the pause on new therapy referrals from 21 September 2026.
- NHS: urgent help for mental health (opens another website): NHS 111 and crisis options.
Trade unions and professional bodies
Used for member services and who can join.
- BMA: sources of support for your wellbeing (opens another website): the 24/7 support line and member counselling.
- RCN: member support services (opens another website): counselling, welfare and legal help for members.
- Pharmacists' Defence Association (opens another website): membership, indemnity and the PDA Union.
- Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (opens another website): the professional body for pharmacy technicians.
- British Dental Association (opens another website): member advice for dentists and dental students.
Professional regulators
Used for who each regulator covers and the support offered during fitness to practise.
- GMC: health and wellbeing support for all doctors (opens another website): support the GMC lists for doctors.
- Doctor Support Service (opens another website): support for doctors in a GMC investigation.
- GPhC: guidance for pharmacy professionals facing a concern (opens another website): health and fitness to practise in pharmacy.
- GPhC Independent Support Service (opens another website): emotional support in a GPhC case.
- GPhC: fitness to practise in education and training (opens another website): student and trainee fitness to practise.
- NMC: Careline (opens another website): emotional support in an NMC case.
- GDC: support during fitness to practise (opens another website): support organisations for dental professionals.
- HCPC: the professions we regulate (opens another website): the 15 HCPC professions.
- HCPC: FTP registrant support service (opens another website): emotional support in an HCPC case.
Employment rights and speaking up
Used for the law and process in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Acas: employment contracts (opens another website): contract terms and changes.
- Acas: changes to employment contracts (opens another website): how an employer can change terms.
- Acas: exclusivity clauses (opens another website): exclusivity terms and restrictive covenants.
- Acas: employment status (opens another website): employee, worker and self-employed status.
- Acas: notice periods (opens another website): notice rules.
- Acas: when notice is not worked (opens another website): garden leave and pay in lieu.
- Acas: deductions for training courses (opens another website): training cost repayment.
- Acas: settlement agreements (opens another website): settlement agreement rules.
- Acas: non-disclosure agreements (opens another website): lawful and unlawful confidentiality terms.
- Acas: using agreements fairly (opens another website): fair use of NDAs.
- Acas: employment tribunal time limits (opens another website): six months less one day for most problems on or after 1 October 2026.
- legislation.gov.uk: SI 2026/954 (opens another website): the commencement rules for the longer tribunal time limits.
- Acas: early conciliation (opens another website): the step before an employment tribunal claim.
- GOV.UK: what is a whistleblower (opens another website): legal protection for whistleblowers.
- GOV.UK: who to tell (opens another website): prescribed people and bodies.
- nidirect: blowing the whistle (opens another website): whistleblowing law in Northern Ireland.
- Labour Relations Agency (opens another website): employment advice in Northern Ireland.
- Protect (opens another website): whistleblowing advice.
- NHS England: the future of Freedom to Speak Up (opens another website): national support for Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in England since 1 July 2026.
- Citizens Advice: work (opens another website): local advice and employment information.
Health and safety at work
Used for employer duties on work-related stress.
- HSE: Management Standards for work-related stress (opens another website): the six risk areas and employer duties in Great Britain.
- NHS Every Mind Matters: work-related stress (opens another website): self-help for stress at work.
Medicines and regulation
Used for licensing, safety and reporting facts on medicine pages.
- MHRA: GLP-1 medicines, what you need to know (opens another website): safety information on GLP-1 medicines.
- MHRA products (opens another website): UK licences and product information.
- MHRA Yellow Card (opens another website): reporting suspected side effects.
- Electronic medicines compendium (opens another website): summaries of product characteristics and patient leaflets.
- NICE (opens another website): UK guidance on medicine use.
- US FDA: orforglipron approval (opens another website): the US approval of orforglipron only, not UK status.
- MHRA: orforglipron authorised, 10 August 2026 (opens another website): the UK licence for orforglipron, sold as Foundayo. See our Foundayo page.
Running this website
Used for the privacy notice and accessibility statement.
- Vercel privacy policy (opens another website): how our host handles server logs.
- Information Commissioner's Office (opens another website): data protection complaints.
- W3C: WCAG 2.2 (opens another website): the accessibility standard the site aims to meet.
How these sources are used
A provider's own website is the only source used for who a service helps and how to reach the service. Employment law comes from Acas and GOV.UK for Great Britain and from nidirect and the Labour Relations Agency for Northern Ireland. Read the editorial policy for the full checking process.
Common questions
Where does Pharma Mate get its information?
From official sources: each provider's own website, the NHS, GOV.UK, Acas, nidirect, the MHRA, NICE and the professional regulators.
When were the sources last checked?
All sources on this page were checked on 10 October 2026. Each guide also shows its own checked date at the end of the page.
How do I tell Pharma Mate a source has changed?
Message the editor through the LinkedIn profile on the Thomas Evans page with the page address and the new official link.
Sources checked 10 October 2026.