40,000 public healthcare staff benefit from wellness programme

The ‘Employee Wellbeing and Wellness Programme’ has benefitted thousands of staff from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC).
Following its implementation at HMC in 2021, HMC’s Human Resources Department led the expansion of the programme to employees of MoPH and 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 workforce by focusing on a people-centric work culture and putting employees wellbeing and wellness at the top of the agenda.
Fatima Haidar Abdulla, HMC’s chief of Business Services and chief Human Resources Officer, as well as chairperson of Public Health Sector Human Resources Leadership Committee, said: “More than 40,000 employees at MoPH, HMC and PHCC have benefited over the past 12 months from health promotion education and advice; health screenings; online fitness coaching; group workplace fitness workshops; weight management and lifestyle modification programmes, and group education classes and workshops about key health issues, in addition to celebrating international and national events and celebrations that incorporate different activities and competitions to enhance staff engagement, promote mental health and physical fitness.”
The programme include activities such as: Qatar National Sport Day; Wellbeing and Wellness Sessions; World Mental Health Day Observance; Second Victim Support Programme; E-learning Courses; Mental Health Training programs and Relaxation Training; Aman - Emotional and Grief Support Programme and Stand up for your health campaign.