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Thanks to funding from Research England Business & Commercialisation Funds we have been working on two further wellbeing related projects within the construction industry.

The first project follows on from our previous work with National Grid in which we observed barriers to both the implementation of and participation in wellbeing initiatives within the construction industry. We wanted to explore this further from a range of stakeholder perspectives. Following a discussion with our advisory board, we conducted interviews with construction worker supervisors, charity representatives and client representatives to gain their insights relating to the issue. This data is in the process of being analysed and we hope that the knowledge gained from this research will contribute to the development of interventions that can be more easily implemented and will have greater engagement rates.

The second project is in response to the NICE NG212 guidance highlighting a need for core outcome sets for research into workplace mental wellbeing. At present, there is no set guidance for the outcome reporting of workplace wellbeing interventions which means that our understanding of which interventions are most beneficial is limited. Due to the specific occupational wellbeing challenges faced by construction workers, we plan to take a sector specific approach to this issue. Informed by good practise in core outcome set development we are currently undertaking a systematic review to identify what outcome reporting measures have been used in prior workplace wellbeing interventions within the construction industry.

It is hoped that this review will form the first step in identifying a core outcome set for workplace wellbeing interventions within the construction industry.