In June 2015, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a new guideline that makes recommendations on improving the health and wellbeing of employees, particularly focusing on culture, context and the role of the line manager. Wellbeing is complex, subjective in nature, multi-dimensional and difficult to define podge et al, 2012). There are many conceptual elements (e.g. happiness, psychological functioning, satisfaction with life, positive relationships, personal beliefs, physical health) that constitute wellbeing. The wellbeing of nurses is an important issue in relation to patient care as there is believed to be a positive association between wellbeing, job satisfaction and job performance (Bryson et al, 2014).
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