Business leaders and unions have called for mental health to be given the same weight as physical first aid in workplace legislation.
An open letter urging Theresa May to prioritise manifesto pledges to act on mental health has been signed by some of Britain’s biggest employers, including Royal Mail, WH Smith, Mace, Channel 4 and Ford, as well as the Unite union.
May said last year she would shake up mental health service provision, describing the shortfall as “one of the burning injustices in our country”.
The letter calls for the government to overhaul health and safety rules to equip first aiders to deal with early signs of mental health problems, as much as handing out bandages or performing CPR.
It said employers’ duty of care should mean “equalising their number of mental health first aiders with physical first aiders” and trying to “break the stigma of mental health in the workplace”. Continue reading.
Originally posted on The Guardian.
An open letter urging Theresa May to prioritise manifesto pledges to act on mental health has been signed by some of Britain’s biggest employers, including Royal Mail, WH Smith, Mace, Channel 4 and Ford, as well as the Unite union.
May said last year she would shake up mental health service provision, describing the shortfall as “one of the burning injustices in our country”.
The letter calls for the government to overhaul health and safety rules to equip first aiders to deal with early signs of mental health problems, as much as handing out bandages or performing CPR.
It said employers’ duty of care should mean “equalising their number of mental health first aiders with physical first aiders” and trying to “break the stigma of mental health in the workplace”. Continue reading.
Originally posted on The Guardian.
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