Book of the Week - Burnout-Free Working: Your Expert Guide to Thriving in a Stressful Workplace

Published Date: 06th April 2026

This weeks Book of the Week has been chosen to tie in with Stress Awareness Month, which is held every April. The campaign is designed to drive awareness of the effective management of stress, its effects and what causes it. You can find out more here: https://www.stress.org.uk/stress-awareness-month-2026/.

You can also de-stress by accessing the Libraries wellbeing resources, including our Reading Well collection here: library.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/wellbeing-resources

Burnout-Free Working is written by Dr Richard Duggins - a leading expert and trainer on preventing burnout in high stress jobs, also known as 'The Doctor's Doctor'. In this book he reveals the secrets of his trade for the first time.

With a wealth of proven tools for burnout-free working, Dr Duggins covers all you need to know, including: - Spotting early signs of burnout - Steering clear of 'the burnout cliff' - Tackling 'Keep calm and carry on' culture - Detoxifying workplace environments - Dealing with trauma at work - Moving from Stress to Decompress - Strategies to support colleagues

Dr Duggins breaks down common burnout myths (it's really not about building resilience!) and encourages us all to shift our thinking away from burnout recovery, to instead living and working in a way that avoids burnout before you even get close.

To borrow this book, please login to our catalogue https://now.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=140885 to reserve it. If you haven't got a library barcode, please email us library@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk and ask us to reserve it for you and also ask for your library barcode.