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<p>In January 2017, the Prime Minister commissioned Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul
Farmer, the Chief Executive of Mind, to conduct an independent review into how employers
can better support all employees, including those with mental ill health or wellbeing,
to remain in and thrive at work. <em>Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review
of mental health and employers</em> was published in October 2017.</p><p><br>The Government
responded to <em>Thriving at Work</em> through the joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health
Unit’s (WHU) <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> on
30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. This response welcomed key recommendations from the
review for employers to adopt a set of core and enhanced mental health standards and
committed WHU to oversee progress across the review’s 40 recommendations that range
from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>Government is working
with the authors of the review and key stakeholders across the public, private and
voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core
and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of
healthy, inclusive workplaces. One of the actions we have taken is to work 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 Government believes that transparency and reporting
are effective levers in driving the culture change required to build a more inclusive
society.</p>
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