New on EyeCan: Mental Health with Dr. Suba
Over the last year, and through the pandemic, many of us have become more aware of the importance of mental health and wellbeing. In support of this, and in honour of May’s Mental Health Awareness Week (May 10-16), iCAN has partnered with Dr Subashini M, Associate Medical Director at Aviva Health and Protection, to share her top 10 tips to prioritise your mental health. Over the next couple months, we will be sharing a series of 10 short videos with Dr Suba on our website and through our social media channels covering a wide range of mental health topics.
Whether it is self-care, mastering your mind, knowing yourself or even the importance of gut-health for your mental health, Dr Suba will share knowledge, hints and practical tips so you can be more mindful of your mental health and prioritise it on a daily basis. We hope you enjoy the series!
To see the first video of Dr Suba’s Top 10 Tips for Mental Health Awareness – click here!
More about Dr Suba
Dr Suba is Associate Medical Director at Aviva Health. She joined Aviva in 2015 and is Aviva’s Clinical Lead and Board observer at Healthcare Purchasing Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture between Aviva and Vitality. She is also a member and workstream lead of the Patient Safety Working Group at the Association of British Insurers. She is a Non-Executive Director at Healthwatch Hampshire and has been appointed a Non-Executive Director at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest providers of community health, specialist mental health and learning disability services in the UK, where she is also the Wellbeing Guardian. Born in India and brought up in Singapore, Suba qualified as a doctor from the University of Glasgow and trained as a surgeon, working in various NHS and private hospitals in London and Cambridgeshire. Her areas of clinical research include value-based healthcare, patient reported outcomes and subjective wellbeing. She is on a mission to make healthcare as inclusive and accessible as possible.
If you would like to know more about Mental Health Awareness Week, please go to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ for further information and resources.