Promoting mental health in the workplace setting - Masterclass

Description

Type of activity: Invited Masterclass (Institute for Health Promotion and Education Masterclass Series 2025)
This invited Masterclass formed part of the IHPE Masterclass Series 2025, which provides high-quality, specialist continuing professional development (CPD) sessions for health promotion practitioners, researchers and policy professionals .
The session addressed the growing prevalence of mental ill-health in the workplace, which accounts for approximately half of all work-related ill-health and around 17 million working days lost annually in Great Britain . The Masterclass outlined the health promotion rationale for addressing mental health through workplace settings and briefly explored the organisational and economic business case for action.
The main focus was on line manager mental health training as a primary prevention approach recommended in national and international policy. Drawing on our research programme, we presented:
• A typology of organisations that train line managers in mental health (by sector, size and type)
• Associations between manager training and workforce outcomes, including sickness absence and presenteeism
• The development and evaluation of the digital line manager training programme Managing Minds at Work
• Practical guidance for managers on recognising signs of stress and initiating supportive conversations about mental health
The session concluded with discussion, audience questions, and reflections on implications for research, education, practice and policy .
Audience
National and international health promotion professionals, researchers, occupational health practitioners, IHPE members and non-members .

Period	May 2025
Held at	Institute for Health Promotion and Education