Make Mental Health first aid courses mandatory for employers

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Employers have a responsibility to support their employees' mental wellbeing. Some do not or wish to but do not know how to. Mental health 1st aid courses are readily available and can provide the toolkits to assist employers in supporting their staff who suffer from mental ill health.

I would like the health secretary to firstly make mental health first aid courses free or under a bursary for low income companies, charities and not-for-profit organisations, but also to commit to legislation calling for all employers and those in positions of authority to pass a nationally recognised mental health first aid course as part of their workplace's health and safety requirements.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Make mental health first aiders a legal requirement in the workplace.

The Government is not responsible for the price of mental health first aider courses, but we could accept a petition calling on the Government to fund these courses for workplaces, if that's something you'd like to happen.

Timeline

19 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
24 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Oct 2022

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