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answer text: The review’s 40 recommendations covered proposals for how the standards should be communicated and promoted, and suggestions for wider policy change. Following the Prime Minister’s acceptance of the recommendations that apply to the Civil Service and NHS England as major employers, both have made progress in implementing these. Significant progress has been made in the public sector. The National Health Service is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16 May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations. The Civil Service has benchmarked all main Government departments and their agencies/non-Departmental public bodies against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. On 18 July 2018, the Work and Health Unit and the Local Government Association held a Public Sector Summit which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed by employers in this sector. With regards to the private sector, we have promoted the standards through a range of communication channels. We have also recently established the Thriving at Work Leadership Council which met on 17 January 2019 and consists of a range of business representatives and leading trade associations. The council will continue to meet throughout 2019 and provide a platform to champion the core and enhanced standards and explore innovative solutions to further drive their implementation and take up. Work is also underway on the policy recommendations.
answer given date: 2019-01-28+00:00
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