Health Education England, April 2019
This framework, produced by Health Education England, aims to help health and social care employers improve the mental wellbeing of their employees. The framework encourages employers to take a closer look at the systems they currently have in place for managing staff wellbeing, to give greater consideration to the impact workforce stress has on staff and to look at the role they can play in providing better support to staff who may need it.
Click here to view the framework.
Category: Well-Being
Talking to your children about healthy internet use
Mental Health Foundation, February 2019
This guide provides advice to parents, carers and teachers on how to talk to children about internet use to help minimise the negative impact on children, while encouraging healthy internet use to maximise the benefits.
Click here to view the guide.
UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media map of reviews
Department of Health and Social Care, February 2019
This report outlines the UK Chief Medical Officers’ (CMO) commentary on research that was done on screen-based activities and children and young people’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. The report includes their advice for parents and carers, and their recommendations for other stakeholders.
Click here to view the report.
Health matters: health and work
Public Health England, January 2019
This guidance brings together in one place data, toolkits and evidence of what works in addressing and removing health-related barriers to gaining and retaining employment. It focuses on the actions that can be taken by employers in general, local authorities and the NHS workforce with regards to health and work.
Click here to view the guidance.
Voluntary Reporting On Disability, Mental Health And Wellbeing: A Framework To Support Employers To Report Voluntarily On Disability, Mental Health And Wellbeing In The Workplace
Department for Work and Pensions, November 2018
The government believes that transparency and reporting can support the cultural change required to build a more inclusive society. The voluntary reporting framework has been developed by the government in partnership with leading businesses and third sector organisations to support employers to voluntarily report information on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Click here to view the full report.
A Society of Readers
Demos, November 2018
Demos carried out research over the summer of 2018 to assess the potential impact of reading on several great challenges of our time: loneliness, mental health problems, dementia and social (im)mobility. If left unchecked, this research shows, these challenges will grow into insurmountable problems. Could something as simple as reading truly make a difference when the scale of the issue is quite so momentous? The short answer is yes.
Click here to view the full report.
Library bulletins – November 2018
This week’s Library bulletins are on Health and Wellbeing, Dementia, Suicide Prevention and Learning Disabilities.
Prevention is better than cure: our vision to help you live well for longer
Department of Health and Social Care, November 2018
The document sets out the government’s vision for:
stopping health problems from arising in the first place
supporting people to manage their health problems when they do arise
The goal is to improve healthy life expectancy by at least 5 extra years, by 2035, and to close the gap between the richest and poorest.
A collection of case studies has been published, showing examples of good practice in preventing health problems from happening.
Click here to view the report.
Click here to access the case studies.
Should the NHS become more of a lifestyle coach to tackle unhealthy living?
Healthwatch, October 2018
Healthwatch poll of over 2000 UK adults about their confidence in the ability of services to meet their needs today and in 20-30 years’ time. Positively, 61% of respondents are confident that NHS and social care services are currently able to meet their immediate needs. However, when we asked people if they are confident NHS and social care services will able to meet the needs they are likely to have in the future, only 30% agreed. Respondenst had confidence in the NHS and social care services in meeting the needs of their friends and family. 62% were confident that services could currently meet these needs, falling to 27% when we asked people agree if they were confident in the ability of services to meet the needs of their friends and family in 20-30 years time. The top five factors people think will have the biggest impact on the future health of the nation were:
- People’s diets
- The level of exercise in people’s daily lives
- Air pollution, global warming and climate change
- Social isolation and loneliness
- The financial outlook for the country
Click here to view the full report.
Library Bulletins – October 2018
This week’s Library bulletins are on Health and Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention.