Abstract EXPH members and Opinion collaborators The Opinion concludes with eight evidence-based recommendations, complemented by action points with EU-wide and Member-State relevance. The recommendations are addressed to policy makers and managers, as well as with mental health and occupational health practitioners. The focus of these recommendations to support the mental health of the health workforce is on fostering their mental wellbeing and the need to treat mental wellbeing as an organisational responsibility within the workplace. The recommendations address the roles of stakeholders at several levels (organisations, national authorities and EU). The action points detail the general principle described in each recommendation. Specifically, there is the need for appropriate guidance frameworks to be established, in some cases deserving legal status, to clearly establish mental wellbeing as an important workplace responsibility within organisations. This requires awareness and competencies by the leadership of organisations, which can be facilitated via education and training. To support promotion of mental wellbeing in SMEs, the use of common digital tools (to be developed) can be advantageous. In addition, workplaces must develop adequate mechanisms for early identification of factors influencing mental wellbeing and for referral to professional help when preventive efforts are not effective. The organisation, as opposed to the individual worker, is to be held accountable for worker wellbeing. Building and sharing knowledge on interventions that work via the creation of learning communities is recommended. The identification of best practices that are cost-effective require further evidence, which should be developed by overcoming methodological challenges. Lastly, a common EU-wide view of mental health care and its re-organisation is needed with emphasis on prevention and support of mental wellbeing in not only the health workforce, but the general population as a whole.