Healthcare Quarterly, 27(3) October 2024: 28-33.doi:10.12927/hcq.2024.27444
Mental Health in the Healthcare Workplace
Beyond Traditional Practices: Innovating Workplace Mental Health in the Community
Tazim Virani, Farah Ismail and Jillian Brooke
Abstract
Workplace mental health is a critical concern. Forty per cent of healthcare workers experience burnout, half intend to leave the profession and only 60% express satisfaction with the quality of care they provide. These statistics highlight the urgency for innovative and holistic approaches to support well-being within healthcare organizations. This article focuses on an organization that prioritizes the mental health of its 8,000 distributed staff. Guided by the values of love, life care and work with purpose, the organization implemented strategies to strengthen its culture, develop leadership and create supportive environments. Emphasis was placed on interventions to mitigate stress and fatigue. Successes and lessons learned are shared, offering a blueprint for other organizations.
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