Testimonials:

“An Exceptional Doctor Who Helped Me Rebuild My Life In 2023, I found myself caught in the trap of alcohol dependence. It was one of the most difficult periods of my life. I felt completely lost, both personally and professionally, and at the time I struggled to see a way forward. That changed when I learned about the PHMP and came under the care of Dr Delargy.

From the beginning, Dr Delargy treated me with compassion, dignity and understanding, without judgement. She did far more than simply advise me to stop drinking. She helped put the right support around me, including access to a psychologist, regular follow-ups and practical guidance on maintaining abstinence. She also helped me recognise and address important factors such as workplace stress, burnout and the need to look after my wellbeing in the long term. What made her care so valuable was that it was not focused only on getting through a crisis. She helped me understand how to build a stable, sustainable life in recovery. Her regular check-ins provided accountability and reassurance, while her encouragement gave me confidence at a time when I had very little confidence in myself.

Over time, my life changed completely. I regained my health, stability, purpose and professional ambition. I was able to move forward with my career, enter BST training and ultimately pass my membership examinations-achievements that once seemed almost impossible during the darkest period of 2023.

Looking back at where I was then and where I am today, the difference is extraordinary. Dr Delargy and the PHMP played a hugely important role in that journey.
I will always be deeply grateful to Dr Delargy for her professionalism, compassion, patience and unwavering support. She did not simply help me achieve abstinence; she helped me rebuild my life and believe in my future again.

For any healthcare professional who finds themselves struggling and feels that there is no clear way forward, I cannot speak highly enough of Dr Delargy and the support provided through the PHMP. Sometimes the right professional support at the right time can genuinely change the direction of a person’s life. For me, it did.”

“The support and assistance that you provided to me was truly transformative and I am eternally grateful to you and the service that you provide.”

“No words express my gratitude and appreciation during the difficult time I passed / passing through.  It was life tragedy / bereavement with huge impact on me. However, without the received / ongoing support and guidance from the service I would not indeed find my way through it.  I wish that any of my colleagues who is having difficulty to reach out for this practice and not to struggle on his / her own. “

“Practitioners Health Matters Programme (PHMP) and Dr Delargy have saved my life and my career. PHMP is a gift that I did not feel I deserved at many times during my recovery and the relief that such a service existed to a group of people who are trained to be impervious to flaws was a relief and a surprise, especially in this country where young practitioners are exposed to so much abuse.

It is not possible to solve the sort of problems I had on my own and with their non-judgemental care and their support, I have been able to reclaim my career without incontrovertible consequences. This would not have been possible if I had waited longer or had attempted to deal with my mental health issues alone. Often when I felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenges these issues posed and still pose me, my weekly session with PHMP gave me the confidence and sense of well-being to continue the process towards sobriety and to building a life without the same cravings and anxiety of my addiction. They are highly skilled and especially positive because of their experience in helping so many others.

They also assisted me in finding other resources available to process my issues and to analyse them in a constructive and accepting fashion so that I was able to become a safe practitioner and a happier person. PHMP have also been able to assist me in these matters without professional bodies becoming aware of them so that further destructive consequences to myself and my patients could be avoided.

I am indebted to PHMP and am delighted and relieved that I was able to elicit their help early enough. I cannot recommend PHMP highly enough to anyone – if you have any doubt about you current functioning in light of similar issues, please do not hesitate to contact them or the consequences may not be quite as fortunate.”

“I want to say thank you for your time and attention to me over the last number of months as I began my recovery from a difficult and traumatic time.”

“When I found the email address for Practitioner Health I was relieved. It took a few days for me to make contact. You replied quickly. When you phoned and I wondered if my dilemma was worth discussing, your reply with the assurance that is was, mattered enormously. The additional matter of being seen soon continued this welcome and unfamiliar sense of being taken care of in a timely humane way.”

“When I heard you say that your time and service was free of charge to me, I felt a huge sense of generosity being shown to me and it restored something. I find it difficult to explain why I felt such gratitude but I think it had something to do with feeling that I really belonged to a community that valued me and my recovery, that this was important enough to have a service funded for people like me so that there would be no barrier to my getting help.”

“I was ashamed to be unwell in the multiple ways I was and had concluded that I was beyond help to return to work. Being offered time and space in the company of an experienced other human being who was able to be the ‘giver’ with nothing required from me other than my presence was humbling but quietly and unexpectedly a turning point. I mattered and it was important that I recovered whatever my ultimate decision.”

“Thank you again for your time and experience, both as a doctor and human being. I am very grateful for the enterprise that is Practitioner Health and have alerted colleagues to it.”

“Practitioners Health Matters Programme (PHMP) and Dr Delargy have saved my life and my career. PHMP is a gift that I did not feel I deserved at many times during my recovery and the relief that such a service existed to a group of people who are trained to be impervious to flaws was a relief and a surprise, especially in this country where young practitioners are exposed to so much abuse.”