Spill's employee assistance programme (EAP) for healthcare
Healthcare teams hold everyone else together, often while running on empty themselves: 41% of NHS staff felt unwell from work-related stress in the past year alone. Spill gives hospitals, GP surgeries, clinics and digital health companies a way to give something back, with same-day counselling that fits around shifts, on-call and nights, and specialists in trauma, grief and burnout.
Same day counselling sessions
Rolling 30 day contract
Unlimited access from £75 per month

Proudly supporting healthcare teams across the UK





Who cares for the people who do the caring?
Healthcare staff carry the cumulative emotional weight of patient suffering, loss and high-stakes clinical decisions, all while working under chronic short-staffing and long shifts. It's a combination that pushes burnout and work-related stress well above the rates seen in most other professions.
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)
Healthier staff, safer care
Poor wellbeing and turnover cost the NHS alone an estimated £12bn a year, and every clinician lost to burnout takes years of training with them. Spill helps you deal with the pressure before it becomes absence or resignation.
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 healthcare teams
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.
Rated 4.9/5 based on over 100 reviews. Showing our 4 and 5 star reviews.

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
The best EAP for healthcare is one clinicians can actually reach around shifts and on-call: same-day sessions from 7am to 9:30pm, seven days a week, booked from a phone in a few clicks. Spill is the UK's highest rated EAP on Trustpilot, with unlimited counselling from qualified therapists (including specialists in trauma, grief and burnout) from £75 a month on a rolling 30 day contract. Healthcare companies like AccuRx, Suvera and drdoctor use Spill to support their teams. Traditional helpline EAPs cost less per head, but they cap sessions at 6 to 8 a year and often exclude severe cases, which is where healthcare staff need help most.
Spill starts at £75 per month for your whole team, on a rolling 30 day contract you can cancel with 30 days' notice. For a 30-person GP surgery that works out at £2.50 per employee per month, including unlimited counselling sessions. Traditional helpline EAPs often look cheaper per head but cap or exclude actual therapy, so the real cost per session used is usually far higher. To get a tailored quote for your team, book a free 30 minute demo.
An EAP for healthcare is a confidential mental health and wellbeing service that employers provide to clinical and non-clinical staff. A healthcare-focused EAP (like Spill) should work around shifts and on-call patterns and support the realities of frontline care: burnout, vicarious trauma, grief and moral injury. Spill provides same-day counselling, self-guided resources and manager training, accessible via mobile seven days a week.
Healthcare workers are repeatedly exposed to suffering, death and high-pressure decisions, often while short-staffed. The GMC found that 52% of trainee doctors describe their work as emotionally exhausting to a high or very high degree. Over time, that emotional load drives burnout, anxiety and people leaving roles they trained years for.
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 works for individual GP surgeries, dental and private clinics and digital health companies as well as larger providers, and you can be up and running within days. Pricing starts from £75 per month on a 30 day rolling contract, with no minimum staff number, so smaller teams get the same quality of support as a major trust.
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.