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Why mental health should top the business agenda as the UK gets back to work
T e latest virtual, Milton Keynes Business Leaders Partnership (MKBLP) event touched upon a subject which has resonated highly throughout the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown period – mental health. Guest speaker Jon Manning, CEO of Arthur Ellis: Mental Health
Jon Manning CEO of Arthur Ellis
Support, incited frank discussions among the group of Milton Keynes business leaders during an online event, following his candid account of his own personal experience with mental health. With mental health highly tipped to be the next pandemic, Jon
stressed the need for Milton Keynes businesses to upskill their employ- ees and create Mental Health First Aiders in a bid to mitigate mental health issues as people return to work. Sharing tips on how business leaders can prudently bring furloughed
staff back into the workplace Jon stressed the need for new working rou- tines to be embraced: “Employers have a duty of care to transition the fear that many employees will be feeling into trust. T roughout this period it is vital that while communication is continued, there needs to be an un- derstanding that workers will have changed, and a period of adjustment needs to be factored into the return to work as employees reconnect.” Pre-COVID, 77% of employees had reportedly experienced some
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form of mental health issue, with one in six suff ering diagnosable conditions. However, 75% of these will not have been given access to support. T ese statistics are set to be exacerbated in the
wake of the pandemic and Jon discussed the need for business to not only build in good mental health strategies but to off er training in emotional literacy so employees are not only equipped to deal with their own issues, but to spot the signs in their colleagues. Driven by the frustration of not receiving ade-
quate support during his experience led Jon to form Arthur Ellis, named after his grandfather, a schizo- phrenic who spent the majority of his adulthood institutionalised due to the lack of understanding surrounding his diagnosis: While mental health has certainly moved up
the political agenda over the last 10 years, Jon cites the 4,000 young people within Milton Keynes who have a diagnosable mental health disorder but face a potential wait of a decade to receive vital support. Working with companies to improve their mental health strategies has equipped Jon and his team with the funds to support this generation and they are now currently providing support to 200 young- sters across the city: He said: “T e revenue stream derived from the
work we are doing with corporates is enabling us to drive down the time it takes for people to gain access to mental health support to just two days.”
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