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Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 – 16 May

May 10, 2021

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week.

Talking about your feelings isn’t a sign of weakness. Talking about your feelings is a part of taking control of your overall wellbeing and staying healthy. Quite often we do not recognise any physical health condition as a sign of weakness and the approach to mental health should be no different.

Talking about your feelings does not always mean describing your feelings, sometimes one word is enough to convey your emotions, often a combination of words is the only way to shed insight regarding what’s going on inside your head.

As a Trust, we have seen first-hand the focus and priority that has been on providing first class patient care during these testing times. The time has come for us all to think about our colleagues that have weathered these storms, we all need to take a moment and process the last year and think about what support we all need.

Support comes in many different forms, from talking to someone, switching off and recharging, to getting active and connected with nature; whatever works for you we are here to help.

The wellbeing services offered through the Trust offer a vast range of suggestions to help you to prioritise your wellbeing.

To help support Mental Health Awareness week, we have some activities you can get involved in, to support your journey to a healthy state of wellbeing:

Get walking: May is also get walking month! What better way to boost your health and wellbeing by getting moving. Click here to find out more.

Fancy a Coffee with Occy?

We have arranged for a ‘Coffee with Occy’ day, we encourage all of our colleagues to pop along for a hot drink, a sweet treat and a chat with occupational health. We will also be providing take home Iftar packs for our colleagues who are observing Ramadan:

  • Wednesday 12 May – 9.30am – 3.30pm: Postgraduate Centre (Room 6) City Hospital
  • Thursday 13 May –9.30am – 3.30pm: Education Centre (Room 9&10) Sandwell Hospital

Please click here for useful information from our counselling service partners.

Follow this link for simple tips for improving your mood, top tips for dealing with stress and the every mind matters mind plan.