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<p>Employers across the National Health Service including those in Oxfordshire are
responsible for tackling the causes of absence of their staff including stress and
mental health related illnesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is supporting the NHS
in tackling these causes of absence through its mandate with NHS England which has
a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) incentive programme<sup>1</sup>
to improve staff health and wellbeing, and publishes the annual NHS Staff Survey.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England’s CQUIN programme should encourage trusts to, where appropriate,
introduce new services for employees to give them the support they need including
quicker access to mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Staff Survey<sup>2</sup>
helps trusts benchmark the percentage of staff feeling unwell due to work related
stress in the last 12 months against their peers which should inform local improvement
plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also commissions NHS Employers3, which is working
with NHS England, NHS Improvement and Public Health England to help the NHS tackle
the causes of absence due to stress and mental health related illness through advice,
guidance and good practice as well as tools and resources such as their emotional
wellbeing toolkit “How are you feeling NHS”.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup><a
href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-staff-health-wellbeing-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-2017-19-indicator-1-implementation-support/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-staff-health-wellbeing-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-2017-19-indicator-1-implementation-support/</a></p><p>
</p><p><sup>2</sup><a href="http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/Page/1006/Latest-Results/2016-Results/"
target="_blank">http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/Page/1006/Latest-Results/2016-Results/</a></p><p>
</p><p><sup>3</sup><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing"
target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing</a></p>
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