Workplace Culture starts with leadership from the top, rippling down. It’s crucial for managers to incorporate an open approach when talking mental health.

Suggestions for introducing within the workplace:

• Start to discuss mental health within team meetings.
• Include mental health within the organisation health and wellbeing policy
• Backing up with a message the ‘support will be offered rather than discrimination’
• ‘Mental health will be treated as important as physical health’
• Develop a strong strategic approach, rather than an ad-hoc one.
• Encouraging those who can share their experience of mental health by becoming mental health champions.
• Communicate messages to recognise individual’s strengths will still be recognised, even if there are periods where they may be affected.
• Engaging the workforce by educating the importance of looking after emotional health, in a similar way we do physical health (diet, exercise, relaxation)
• Support a mental health charity, this is a good way to raise awareness.
• Encouraging line-managers to organise regular one to ones, including MH within the agenda. – These can be increased during regular times.
• Acknowledge heavy projects/increased workload. The possible implications for mental health and increased stress. Encourage peer support.
• Normalise mental health – every single one of us has it.

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