World Mental Health Day

Published Date: 08th October 2024

Thursday 10th October is World Mental Health Day...

...and the theme for this year is prioritising mental health in the workplace.

The Health Work and Wellbeing Team will be holding an event at Whiston Hospital on Level 5 on Tuesday 8th October from 11.30 to 13.00. They will be raising awareness of mental health in the workplace and offering conversations and resources.

If you can’t make that time/date you can find out more via the Wellbing Hub on the staff intranet here: https://intranet.sthk.nhs.uk/extranet/circle/e4839c7dba26d149fe76a8e0621bbe09, or have a look at NHS England’s page on Staff mental health and wellbeing hubs here https://www.england.nhs.uk/supporting-our-nhs-people/support-now/staff-mental-health-and-wellbeing-hubs/ to find further support,

In addition, the Library and Knowledge Service has a range of self-help books in our Reading Well Collection https://www.knowledge-nw.nhs.uk/reading-well-collection. This includes books on topics such as: stress, depression, anxiety, mindfulness and more.

We also have the Working Stress game available to borrow. This game is designed to encourage players to discuss the impact of stress and burnout as well as exploring techniques for managing stress.

To borrow any of our books, or find out more, feel free to pop into the Library at Nightingale House, contact us at: library@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk or call us on 0151 430 1342

And if you’d like to find out more about World Mental Health Day, have a look at the Mental Health Foundation’s webpage here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/world-mental-health-day.