Supporting the Mental Health of NHS Staff 2022
Online Event 23 February 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Learning Outcomes
- Examine the role of NHS leaders in reducing mental health stigma and creating mentally healthy cultures
- Recognise approaches of creating an environment that promotes the integration of physical and mental wellbeing for NHS workers
- Examine the vital role occupational health services play in ensuring that NHS staff
- are appropriately risk assessed and protected with regards to carrying out their duties
- Scrutinise how peer-level interventions play a crucial part in building and promoting a positive and supportive NHS culture
- Understand how to develop organisational objectives to prevent harassment, bullying, or abuse
- Analyse evaluative techniques and the use of better evidence and data in informing targeted interventions to promote wellbeing and reducing risk of suicide
- Hear of methods of improving access to face to face and online mental health services and paying particular attention to NHS workers with serious mental health problems at risk of imminent crisis
- Study NHS initiatives offering flexible working patterns and development opportunities to all employees
- Explore modes of redesigning jobs to support the promotion of long-term mental health
- Learn of case studies which examine key issues such as evolving the processes for taking sickness absence and returning to work in order to reduce additional stress