Mental Health: Supporting NHS Workforce Resilience

Providing an invaluable update on the road map to improved mental health care; highlighting real, practical examples of service transformation. Looking after the mental health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce is essential in delivering world class care and patient safety. This CPD accredited conference programme is a platform to discuss evidence based policy recommendations for improving support for NHS staff, hear from workforce-lead initiatives strengthening the representation of doctors .. continue reading and filling shortages in NHS services; as well as engaging with NHS trusts creating workplace cultures that empower and support staff. Lawrence’s reporting has covered an extensive range of medical issues and earnt Emmy, BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust identified barriers in its own internal culture that had prevented the adoption of an environment where staff felt supported and empowered to learn from situations where care has not gone as expected - the Trust undertook work to establish a transparent, open, 'Just and Learning Culture' that asked "what was responsible, not who was responsible". The Trust worked with internationally recognised expert in restorative justice and author of best-selling book 'Just Culture', Professor Sidney Dekker, as well as assessing best practices in industries like airlines, nuclear technology, oil and exploration as workforces that engage with daily tasks knowing that there is always an element of risk. industries like airlines, nuclear technology, oil and exploration as workforces that engage with daily tasks knowing that there is always an element of risk.