Public health and wellbeing professional Nina Fryer advises how clinics can implement positive mental health for employees.
Most adults spend a large proportion of their lives in the workplace,1 so it is important that employees have a good experience. Employers and managers should also be attuned to recognising when a staffmember is having a negative experience, and do what they can to promote positive mentalhealth and wellbeing for their staff. In 2008 The Black review was published to look into the health and wellbeing of the working age population.2 This, along with the subsequent government response,3highlighted the need to change attitudes to health and work, promote wellbeing in the workplace and help more people get into work. The Institute of Directors, an organisation that represents and setsstandards for business leaders nationwide, supports the view that having a healthy workforce is good for both the employee and the employer. This includes better attraction and retention of talent, higher staff…
