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<p>The Government included in its Mandate to NHS England an objective for them to
“make partnership a success”. This includes “<em>championing the Time to Change campaign
to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce stigma, including in the NHS
workforce</em>”.</p><br /><p>In taking this forward, NHS England recently announced
the "A healthy NHS workforce" initiative. This aims to raise staff awareness
and understanding of mental health issues, helping to ensure they have access to help,
support and treatment when they need it. A copy of the announcement is attached.</p><br
/><p>“A healthy NHS workforce” includes, for example, line manager trainingand, providing
NHS staff rapid access to talking therapies. Thisis currently being tested as part
of the Healthy Workforce programme led by NHS England.</p><br /><p>In addition, NHS
Employers have launched the <em>How are you feeling NHS? </em>toolkit. This has been
developed with NHS staff to help bridge a gap in understanding and enable them to:
talk openly and regularly about their emotional health; assess the impact emotional
wellbeing has on themselves, their colleagues and patients, and help with action planning
to enable more good days than bad. The online only resource can be found at:</p><br
/><p><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/how-are-you-feeling-nhs-toolkit"
target="_blank">www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/how-are-you-feeling-nhs-toolkit</a></p><br
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