Spill's employee assistance programme (EAP) for dentist surgeries
How do you stay calm all day when half your patients arrive anxious and the other half are in pain? Dental teams manage fear, millimetre-level precision and NHS contract pressure all at once, and it adds up quietly. Spill gives your practice same-day therapy around clinic hours, with counsellors who specialise in burnout and compassion fatigue, for £75 a month across the whole team.
Same day counselling sessions
Rolling 30 day contract
Unlimited access from £75 per month

Proudly supporting dental teams across the UK





The particular strain of working in dentistry
30% of NHS staff often or always feel burnt out because of work (NHS Staff Survey, 2024), and dentistry sits under much of the same system pressure. Add anxious patients, exacting clinical work and NHS contract targets, and it's little wonder dental teams end the week running on empty.
Burnout at work
30% of NHS staff often or always feel burnt out because of work, rising to nearly 40% of ambulance staff. (NHS Staff Survey, 2024)
Made unwell by stress
41% of NHS staff felt unwell in the past year as a result of work-related stress. (NHS Staff Survey, 2024)
Trainees at risk
63% of trainee doctors are at moderate or high risk of burnout. (GMC National Training Survey, 2024)
Why supporting your dental team pays off
Dentists, nurses and receptionists who feel supported make calmer clinical decisions and stay in post longer. For patients, that means familiar faces and continuity of care rather than a revolving door of locums.
Protect against compassion fatigue
Help staff process the emotional weight of caring for others before it turns into exhaustion.
Keep minds on the job
Supported staff have more attention and patience for the people who depend on them.
Reduce mental health sick days
Same-day support helps issues get dealt with early, before they become absence.
All-in-one EAP for your team
Unlimited counselling sessions
A confidential space for clinical and non-clinical staff to decompress with a fully qualified therapist, including specialists in trauma and grief. Same-day sessions fit around shifts and on-call, with no waiting lists or referral forms.


Self-guided wellbeing resources
A library of practical, evidence-based resources written by licensed therapists who understand the unique pressures healthcare workers face. Covering over 200 topics from burnout prevention to grief, trauma and sleep, our online resources can be accessed at any time. They're a great first step for anyone who's not quite ready to speak to a counsellor directly.
Expert guidance and training
Practical, therapist-led training workshops designed to empower staff to spot mental health presentations within nurseries, schools and universities and know how to appropriately respond. Teachers can also check in with a Spill safeguarding clinician for advice at any time.

An EAP the way it should be
Proper mental health support that’s incredibly easy to access.
No hidden exclusions, no hoops to jump through, and no unexpected exit fees.
Spill
Other EAPs
Access
Slack, Teams or Email
Telephone helpline only
Counselling
Same day sessions
2+ week wait for sessions
Limits
Counselling sessions are unlimited
Limited to 6-8 sessions per year
Choice
Choose a specialist
Assigned a generalist counsellor
Exclusions
Every employee gets support
Mild or severe cases excluded
Contract
30 day rolling
1-5 year lock in
Your team is safe in our hands
Instant access
Support in just a few clicks. No waiting lists, callbacks or application forms
High quality care
We only hire the top 5% of registered counsellors who meet our high standards
Full privacy
Therapy sessions are fully confidential, we never see or record any conversations
Proud to be the UK's highest rated EAP for dentist surgeries
Spill supports over 30,000 employees, including teams doing some of the hardest caring work in the country. But don't just take our word for it.

Spill is fantastic
Having Spill is such a privilege and it's such a fantastic tool. It's excellent whether you need real help now or just need some advice.

Brilliant therapists
My company subscribe to Spill as an employee benefit. I had two courses of 6 sessions throughout an extremely hard time for me.

It’s changed my life
My therapy sessions have genuinely transformed my life, how I manage my relationships and communicate. I cannot thank my company enough.

High quality counselling
Honestly cannot recommend Spill enough. Having access to high quality therapy through your workplace is extremely helpful.
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See Spill in action
Book a free 30 minute demo to hear more Spill’s features and get a tailored quote for your team
FAQs
For a dental practice, the best EAP is one your team can actually use around clinic hours, with counsellors who understand clinical pressure, and no caps or exclusions in the small print. Spill offers unlimited same-day sessions from 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, with counsellors in the top 5% nationally, including specialists in burnout and compassion fatigue. It's the UK's highest rated EAP on Trustpilot, and nobody gets turned away for pre-existing or severe cases. Traditional helpline EAPs are worth understanding too: they're cheap, but they cap care at 6 to 8 sessions, run through call centres and typically see 3 to 5% usage, so most of what you pay for goes unused.
Spill costs £75 a month for the whole practice, on a rolling 30 day contract. For a team of 12, that's £6.25 per person per month for unlimited therapy, same-day appointments and no session caps. Losing one dental nurse to burnout costs far more than a year of Spill. Book a demo and we'll show you exactly how it works.
An EAP is confidential mental health support that the practice pays for and staff use privately. With Spill, everyone from associates to reception gets unlimited therapy with counsellors in the top 5% nationally, booked via Slack, MS Teams, SMS or email, usually for the same day. Sessions run 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, in more than 15 languages, so early clinics and late finishes don't get in the way.
Dental work demands sustained precision while managing other people's fear, and NHS contract pressure hums underneath it all. Across the NHS, 30% of staff often or always feel burnt out because of work, and dentistry is not immune. Unaddressed, that strain shows up as short tempers at the desk, sickness absence and staff quietly looking elsewhere. Early access to therapy keeps good people in the room.
Yes. Independent and single-site practices are exactly who Spill suits. There's no minimum team size, the whole practice is covered for £75 a month, and launch takes days, not a procurement cycle. With a rolling 30 day contract, you can simply stop if it's not working.
Poor staff health, wellbeing and turnover is estimated to cost the NHS over £12bn a year, and burnout is a leading reason clinicians leave. Spill gives staff confidential, unlimited support that makes them feel genuinely cared for, which is linked to better retention and fewer mental health sick days.
Yes. Spill's counselling is available the same day, including evenings and weekends, because plenty of people don't work standard office hours. Our therapists are available from as early as 7am GMT to as late as 9:30pm GMT, 7 days a week, with no health assessments, waiting lists or call-backs. Employees can access support via SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams or email and book from their phone in a few clicks.
Spill offers therapy sessions in 15+ languages, so your team can speak freely with a counsellor that understands them best. Employees choose their preferred language from a drop-down when they book a session. We currently cover Armenian, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tagalog and Ukrainian. We're adding to this list all the time, so let us know if you have a request.
Yes, Spill operates in compliance with GDPR and UK data protection law. Spill is fully secure and therapy sessions are strictly confidential. Video sessions run on an end-to-end encrypted service and all messages to and from therapists are secure. We share aggregate usage data with the company (the number of people who have used Spill) but never names. Slack and MS Teams are only portals used to sign in to our confidential platform. No session content is ever visible to them, to Spill, or to your company.