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Chapter 48 - Case Study 4: Delivering Peer Support

from Section 5 - Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Morwenna Maddock ,
Verity Kemp  and
Richard Williams
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

This chapter is a case study that describes the experience of establishing a peer support programme in a critical care unit in an NHS hospital in the UK. The case study is set within a description of what peer support is and ideas about the underpinning principles for a peer support programme.

Keywords

emotional supportpeerpeer supportsocial supportsupervision
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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 360 - 364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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