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Academy Live: Managing Mental Health in the Workplace

RCVS Academy Live

Date: Tuesday 27th January 2026

Opening times: 13:00 - 14:00 BST

Venue: Online

Details

Effective leadership involves recognising when mental health challenges arise and taking proactive steps to support and manage your team through these ups and downs.

This session will explore how to recognise the early warning signs of mental health challenges in employees and have confident, compassionate conversations about mental health and wellbeing with your teams. There will be opportunity for questions and discussion.

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Who this is this Academy Live session for? 

Veterinary professionals who are managers or leaders or those aspiring to be managers or leaders in the future.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

  • Recognise early warning signs of mental health challenges in employees
  • Identify the key elements of effective communication and apply them to support conversations with employees about mental health and wellbeing

Session speaker

Rapinder Newton, RCVS MMI Lead

Rapinder Newton joined the RCVS in January 2024 as MMI Lead. She brings with her experience of working with another regulator. Passionate about workplace wellbeing, Rapinder is dedicated to fostering healthy workplace cultures and driving positive organisational change. She champions evidence-led initiatives that support employee welfare, promote inclusivity, develop compassionate leaders and enhance organisational effectiveness

 

Academy Course Resources:

This Academy Live session links well to the following RCVS Academy course:

  • Managing mental health in the workplace

Please visit our RCVS MMI webpage to access further information about the initiative and what is available.

 

FAQs

Participation

We invite participation in Academy Live sessions, welcoming questions and feedback throughout.

Will the session be recorded?

Please note that this event will not be recorded or transcribed.

What is expected of me during the session?

The session will be interactive, we will be using Slido during the session, so please have your phones at the ready to take part

What happens if I can no longer attend the session?

Please contact the RCVS Events team to cancel your place.

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