ABOUT HMPT
The UK is experiencing a mental health crisis. From stress in our daily lives and at work, to anxiety over global issues, we all need a little help looking after our wellbeing.
In January 2025, NHS England reported a headcount of 818,449 professionally qualified clinical staff members and a total of 1,374,039 NHS & Community Health Service (HCHS). The most commonly cited reasons for sick leave were anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric related illnesses. As of 30 June 2025, data from NHS England showed that the workforce as a whole had a vacancy rate of 6.9% (102,576 vacancies), excluding vacancies in the private sector. HPMT has a crucial role to play to ensure that both sickness absence and vacancy rates continue to decrease.
HPMT’s MISSION
To share the personal experience and behind-the-scenes efforts of hardworking healthcare professionals that go unseen by both colleagues and the general public. Our mission is to use this platform as a virtual learning curve, to raise awareness of what different trusts are doing and to see how it could be impactful for other trusts, and to nurture determination in healthcare professionals.
VISION
We aim to provide a wide range of information and authentic personal and professional testimonies, to equip and inspire healthcare professionals in every field to identify goals and objectives, promote high standards of care and productivity and develop a shared vision for the future.
VALUES
Collaboration – working as collective team towards shaping a better healthcare industry for tomorrow
Inclusiveness – unlimited access and support for all
Growth – to develop with confidence
Courage – to pursue highest possible standards that safeguard both professionals and the clients they work with
Service – to care for and support each other so that in turn we can give more to patients in care
GOALS
Raise mental health awareness – feature mental wellbeing articles, signposting sources of help where possible, so that individuals who are struggling at work are able to open up and seek help when needed instead of bottling it up
Reduce mental health-related difficulties in the healthcare industry
Build a healthcare industry with stronger and more resilient staff members
Retain more permanent staff in the healthcare industry
Enable professionals’ voices to be heard – welcoming healthcare professionals’ contributions from all over the UK
Appreciate all contributions made – rewarding all winning articles with £100 per week (for starters)
Increase resilience through organic and proven contributions
Improve education through regular publications (3 per week) and downloadable free resources
Enhance accessibility through various mediums 24/7 e.g social media platforms and web access
Mental health absence cost the NHS over £80m. This equated to 3.7 million working days lost.
Professionals stated they were suffering mainly from burnout, extreme tiredness, anxiety and stress-related difficulties.
So many healthcare professionals are feeling some combination of tiredness, lethargy, apathy and compassion fatigue.
The massive exodus of healthcare professionals from both the public and private healthcare sectors, mainly due to mental health-related problems, is creating a financial knock-on effect on healthcare trusts, as the staff sick leave bill continues to increase.|
HPMT aims to reverse this trend by encouraging healthcare professionals to turn to one another for support, using each other’s contributed articles and motivational stories to boost resilience and strength to carry on.
We need to use each other as pillars of hope and believe that other professionals’ successes can be applied in our own careers.
We want to:
– affirm and appreciate hardworking professionals
– turn pessimism into optimism
– uplift, inspire, motivate and make people feel better
– provide a source of nourishment and inspiration in healthcare work
When professionals feel motivated and supported in their work, the following can happen:
2030 VISION
– A 25% increase in the number of healthcare professionals working full-time in both the NHS and the private sector.
– A 25% reduction in staff sickness from mental health related issues, saving the NHS alone, around £200 million per annum.
– Better chances to raise staff wages, making healthcare professionals want to stay longer servicing the healthcare industry.
– An inevitable increase in the public’s confidence in the healthcare industry as waiting times are massively reduced.