Wellbeing advice | Taking a 360° approach to mental health

By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits

There’s so much well-meaning advice, guidelines, frameworks, support and services out there when it comes to mental health in the workplace, you could be forgiven for thinking “where on earth do I start?” or, perhaps more appropriately, “How do I evolve all of this in a way that is more strategic?”

In September, the World Health Organisation delivered a new set of guidelines on mental health at work. This comes in the same year that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its mental wellbeing at work guidelines. And of course, there was the introduction last year of the global ISO45003 psychological health and safety guidelines.

To help provide some simplification and guidance – with a focus on prevention, early intervention and long-term management (or improving functionality) – we recently brought together a brilliant line-up of experts as part of Generali UK’s series of wellbeing focused webinars.* Here are some highlights from that discussion.