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<p>In November 2017, the joint DWP/DHSC Work and Health Unit (WHU) published Improving
Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability setting out our response to Thriving
at Work and WHU is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations. The Civil Service
is committed to being a leading employer and implementing the core and enhanced mental
health standards to deliver lasting cultural change. All main government departments
have benchmarked themselves against the mental health standards to identify best practice
and areas requiring further action, and every Civil Service Permanent Secretary now
has a performance objective directly related to implementing the standards and Civil
Service Wellbeing Confident Leaders training is being rolled out to senior leaders.</p><p>
</p><p>One of the review’s recommendations was about transparency as a significant
opportunity to encourage cultural change around mental health. We have worked with
partners, including employers, to develop a framework to support organisations to
record and voluntarily report information on disability and mental health in the workplace.
This framework was published on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2018 and is aimed at large
employers with 250 or more employees. The WHU is an active member of the Thriving
at Work Leadership Council consisting of a range of business and public sector representatives,
and leading trade associations. The council is an employer led group that will continue
to meet throughout 2019 with the primary objectives to champion the mental health
standards and explore innovative solutions to further drive their implementation and
adoption. Individual members committed to promoting the standards through their networks
and to create sector champions.</p>
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