MENTAL HEALTH CARE CAN'T WAIT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON At Kaiser Permanente, we are thankful for our mental health professionals and we value the essential care they provide to our members every day therapists among the best compensated in California. We believe the remaining issues in bargaining are resolvable, and we are committed to working with our mental health care teams to address their concerns and together dervelop a new model of care for patients. We have been jointly working with an external mediator for the past year to help us reach a collective bargaining agreement with the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the union representing our mental health care professionals Meeting the increased demand for mental health services is a national challenge all health care providers face, not just Kaiser Permanente. Unfortunately, the union's leadership rejected the mediator's proposed compromise and is instead calling for therapists to strike during the holiday season - a time when rates of depression can spike and patients count on their caregivers to be there. We are on a mission to provide the best mental health care in the nation and we're taking important stops to address the mental health care crisis. A key part of our contract negotiations has been working with our therapists to address this increase in demand among our members - something that cannot be met just by hiring more therapists. In addition to proposing meaningful staffing, scheduling. and compensation improvements, we have offered our commitment to collaborating with our therapists to redesign the mental health model of care-an etfort that our therapists have supported and expressed a strong desire to undertake together. Despite the union's decision to strike, it is important our members know that all our hospitals and medical offices will remain open Our commitment to patlents comes first. Anyone in need of urgent mental health or other care will receive the services they require, although some non-urgent appointments are being rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this unnecessary strike We are asking our therapists to reject the A strike does nothing to improve the care our patients receive, nor does it help us achieve a mutualy beneficial contract. Our proposal to the union would keep our call for a strike and be there for our patients this holiday season. KAISER PERMANENTE'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE AT WORK: BUILDING THE STAFFING FACILITIES PIPELINE Hired nearly Spending more than Investing $40 million S700 million to expand and update our mental 500 new to develop our talent and help more therapists in California this year health care offices with the goal of increasing care, accessibility. convenience, comfort. and privacy people enter mental health professions For more information, visit kp.org/NUHW. A KAISER PERMANENTE. MENTAL HEALTH CARE CAN'T WAIT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON At Kaiser Permanente, we are thankful for our mental health professionals and we value the essential care they provide to our members every day therapists among the best compensated in California. We believe the remaining issues in bargaining are resolvable, and we are committed to working with our mental health care teams to address their concerns and together dervelop a new model of care for patients. We have been jointly working with an external mediator for the past year to help us reach a collective bargaining agreement with the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the union representing our mental health care professionals Meeting the increased demand for mental health services is a national challenge all health care providers face, not just Kaiser Permanente. Unfortunately, the union's leadership rejected the mediator's proposed compromise and is instead calling for therapists to strike during the holiday season - a time when rates of depression can spike and patients count on their caregivers to be there. We are on a mission to provide the best mental health care in the nation and we're taking important stops to address the mental health care crisis. A key part of our contract negotiations has been working with our therapists to address this increase in demand among our members - something that cannot be met just by hiring more therapists. In addition to proposing meaningful staffing, scheduling. and compensation improvements, we have offered our commitment to collaborating with our therapists to redesign the mental health model of care-an etfort that our therapists have supported and expressed a strong desire to undertake together. Despite the union's decision to strike, it is important our members know that all our hospitals and medical offices will remain open Our commitment to patlents comes first. Anyone in need of urgent mental health or other care will receive the services they require, although some non-urgent appointments are being rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this unnecessary strike We are asking our therapists to reject the A strike does nothing to improve the care our patients receive, nor does it help us achieve a mutualy beneficial contract. Our proposal to the union would keep our call for a strike and be there for our patients this holiday season. KAISER PERMANENTE'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE AT WORK: BUILDING THE STAFFING FACILITIES PIPELINE Hired nearly Spending more than Investing $40 million S700 million to expand and update our mental 500 new to develop our talent and help more therapists in California this year health care offices with the goal of increasing care, accessibility. convenience, comfort. and privacy people enter mental health professions For more information, visit kp.org/NUHW. A KAISER PERMANENTE.