HOME

PHP makes it to the UK stage
Addiction service to help doctors - By Jane Dreaper BBC News health correspondent
Doctors and dentists who have an addiction or other health problems often leave it late to
seek help because they fear being recognised or worry about putting their career in jeopardy.
But the launch of a special service on Monday may help push them to seek the treatment
they need.
Dr Michael Kaufmann is a visiting expert who set up a similar project in Ontario, Canada. His
message is that demand can only grow. He said: "When I started in 1995, it was just me alone
in an office, with a computer I had no idea how to use. "Today we have a staff of 12, and we're
looking for more.   We respond to addiction, but also to many broader issues. "These doctors
who've been exquisitely well trained at treating patients have not been especially well prepared
for managing many of their own complicated life problems."
To read the full story follow this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/health/7730039.stm
or click here for printable version.
________________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to the Physician Health Program and the Professionals Health Program
The Physician Health Program (PHP) founded in 1995, is a program of the Ontario Medical
Association. The PHP provides assistance to physicians, residents, and students experiencing
problems ranging from stress, burnout, work-related conflict, emotional, marital and family
problems, substance use disorders and psychiatric illness. The PHP also provides supportive
services to family members.
The Physician Health Program is offered for services only in Ontario.
In 2002, the PHP began to offer services to Ontario veterinarians with the collaborative support
of the College of Veterinarians and the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association under the
umbrella of the Professionals Health Program. Based on this collaborative framework in 2005
the College of Pharmacists and the Ontario Pharmacy Association also began to offer the PHP
range of services to the pharmacy profession.
The PHP is concerned not only with responding to the problems experienced by physicians and
health professionals and their families, but with preventing them.   In this regard, the PHP staff
continue to participate in an increasing number of presentations, seminars and workshops, with
a focus on healthy lifestyles, work-life balance and stress management.