Health and wellbeing

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to introduce and manage mental health first-aid provision in the workplace

  Practical guidance on introducing a successful mental health first-aid programme, including the options for training, the role of mental health first-aiders and the additional support they may need.

• Date:

  1 November 2018

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Practical strategies for supporting mental health at work

  Our expert speakers draw on real-life cases to demonstrate the successes and difficulties of putting in place pragmatic support for mental health.

• Date:

  16 July 2018

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Managing mental health in the workplace

  Promoting mental wellbeing at work is crucial not only to the health of your workforce, but ultimately the success of your business. A lack of support and understanding around mental health can lead to increased sickness absence, raised staff turnover and a loss of productivity.

• Type:

  Training

  Stress - line manager training

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter explaining to employee that it may be detrimental to refuse to consent to medical report

  A model letter in circumstances where an employee objects to the organisation seeking a medical report on them (or to its subsequent disclosure by the doctor to the organisation).

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter notifying employee that medical report has been requested from employee's own doctor/consultant

  A model letter where the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 applies to notify an employee that an application to a medical professional for a medical report has been made, where the employee has given their consent to the employer seeking the report.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form for employee who has asked to see medical report from their own doctor/consultant to consent to release to employer

  A model form where the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 applies, to provide the employee with a means to inform the medical professional that they consent to the supply of a medical report to the organisation.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter requesting employee attends medical examination with occupational health

  A model letter to notify an employee of plans to request a medical report where the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 does not apply, for example if seeking a medical report from your occupational health department.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to occupational health requesting medical report on employee who is absent on sick leave

  A model letter to request a medical report from a medical professional where the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 does not apply, for example if seeking a medical report from your occupational health department.

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Medical examinations contract clause

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.