Tribune News Network
Doha
Following the implementation of the Employee Wellbeing and Wellness Programme at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in 2021, HMC’s Human Resources Department led the expansion of the programme to employees of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC) in October 2022.
One year on, the initiative is providing an integrated wellbeing and wellness programme accessible to all healthcare employees at MoPH, HMC and PHCC, with a vision to engage the workforces by focusing on a people-centric work culture and putting employees’ wellbeing and wellness at the top of the agenda.
Fatima Haidar Abdulla, Chief of Business Services and Chief Human Resources Officer at HMC, as well as Chairperson of Public Health Sector Human Resources Leadership Committee, said: “The great success of the Employee Wellbeing and Wellness Programme has expandedto include the three largest public healthcare providers; I couldn’t be prouder.
“Over the past 12 months, more than 40,000 employees at the MoPH, HMC and PHCC have benefited from the Employee Wellbeing and Wellness Programme.”
“As a public healthcare sector, we understand the importance of caring for our staff and supporting their health and wellbeing and its positive impact on our overall services,” added Haidar.
Key activities under the Public Healthcare Sector Employee Wellness and Wellbeing Programme:
• Qatar National Sport Day: Activities and events were organized to spread awareness about the benefits of healthy lifestyles.
• Wellbeing and Wellness Sessions: Conducted across all HMC facilities and corporate departments, these sessions encouraged staff to prioritise their health and wellbeing. They shed light on the importance of mental health, healthy nutrition, and physical activities, with over 3,000 staff attending health screening sessions.
• World Mental Health Day Observance: The event hosted employees from MoPH, HMC, and PHCC. It featured presentations from HR and mental health leaders, an art competition for staff, interactive sessions with mental health experts, and workplace physical activity coaching.
• Second Victim Support Programme (THIQA): THIQA is a multi-disciplinary peer support system providing a safe space for providers impacted by adverse patient events to speak openly about their experiences and emotions in difficult situations.
• E-learning Courses: A series of e-learning courses covering Mental Wellbeing Resilience and Physical Wellbeing, available for healthcare employees.
• Mental Health Training programmes and Relaxation Training: Mental health courses aimed at providing all public health sector employees with the opportunity to learn about mental health awareness, mental health problems, wellbeing toolkit, resilience toolkit, relaxation training, and how to handle difficult conversations and situations. Over 4,700 staff attended a training course.
• Aman - Emotional and Grief Support Programme: This programme aims at creating an open, compassionate and caring culture where HMC staff feel free to express themselves, ask for assistance, and support one another.
• Stand up for your health campaign: Conducted to increase awareness and support positive behavioural change in healthcare employees. The objective was to encourage staff to be more active at work, limit sedentary behaviour and reduce prolonged periods of inactivity and sitting.
