Shift Independent Review Panel (Mental health information for employers)
sh...@csip.org.uk
Employment Programme at the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH).
Dear Colleague
I am writing to let you know about an initiative designed to improve
the quality and impact of materials/resources designed to help
employers to promote mental health and/or manage mental ill health in
the workplace. Recently there has been an increase in the number of
such products - many of very high quality - but with the attendant
risk of duplication, employer confusion and in some cases of poor
quality which serve to misinform or give unintended but nonetheless
harmful messages.
In order to help organisations or individuals who are developing or
trying to make such resources more widely available, the Shift
campaign has asked the Sainsbury Centre to coordinate an Independent
Review Panel which will advise on draft materials in development or
review finished products against a common, published set of criteria.
The service is free, confidential, and submission is entirely
voluntary. The reviews of finished products will be published on the
Shift website only with the permission of the producers.
The advantages of submitting materials prior to completion are in
having the views of experts at an early stage and the avoidance of
costly mistakes. The Panel will give priority to advising on materials
in development so as not to delay publication. Submission of finished
products gives producers the added credibility of a published expert
review and free publicity. It will also help producers in decision
making about future improvements and new editions. Given that reviews
will only be published with the producer's permission and that where a
review is not published the submission will remain confidential, there
is no risk to the organisation concerned.
If you are thinking of submitting something for review, please email
Jenni Bacon at SCMH (jenni...@scmh.org.uk) for further information
about the Review Panel, the process and a short questionnaire to give
us some basic information about the materials you are submitting.
Yours truly
Bob Grove (Director, Employment Programme, Sainsbury Centre for Mental
Health)