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Mental health

Work can have a significant impact on people’s mental health. Employers can help to foster a mentally healthy workplace, for example by taking action to prevent and manage stress and training line managers on mental wellbeing.


    • Stress
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    Unions urge action on ‘unmanageable’ Probation Service workloads

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2023

    Unions have warned of 'unmanageable' workloads in the Probation Service, forcing staff to quit and putting pressure on less experienced employees.

    • Stress
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Workplace stress: three in five feel mental health has worsened this year

    by Nic Paton 19 Jun 2023
    by Nic Paton 19 Jun 2023

    Three in five employees say their mental health has declined this year as a result of workplace stress – and...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Two million in England have been on antidepressants for five years or more

    by Nic Paton 19 Jun 2023
    by Nic Paton 19 Jun 2023

    More than a quarter of patients on antidepressants in England, or about two million people, have been taking them for five years.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Nearly half of UK employees feel stressed and at risk of burnout

    by Nic Paton 16 Jun 2023
    by Nic Paton 16 Jun 2023

    Almost half of UK employees (43%) feel stressed about everyday life, with a combination of work pressures (61%), toxic cultures...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Men need not be ‘missing in action’ in mental health initiatives

    by Emily Pearson 13 Jun 2023
    by Emily Pearson 13 Jun 2023

    Men can be ‘hard to reach’ when it comes to mental health. Yet, if initiatives are targeted better, men will engage, writes Emily Pearson.

    • Stress
    • CIPD
    • Employee engagement

    CIPD Good Work Index 2023: Workers less fulfilled and more stressed

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2023
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2023

    The CIPD believes job quality has gone backwards in the past four years, with workers undergoing more stress and less engagement.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    All in it together: the role of employers in suicide prevention

    by Mike McCarthy 6 Jun 2023
    by Mike McCarthy 6 Jun 2023

    Many organisations have mental health and wellbeing strategies in place, often led by occupational health. Yet preventing suicide can still...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Eating disorders: how occupational therapists can work with OH

    by Maxine Jones 23 May 2023
    by Maxine Jones 23 May 2023

    Occupational therapy can support someone with an eating disorder through recovery and return to work.

    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac

    Call for evidence an opportunity to highlight value of OH

    by Nic Paton 22 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 22 May 2023

    Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health...

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Investigate all work-related suicides, academics urge

    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2023
    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2023

    Academics have called for all work-related suicides to be investigated by the Health and Safety Executive.

    • Cancer
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Severe mental illness linked to ‘preventable’ physical disease death

    by Nic Paton 22 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 22 May 2023

    More than 26,000 adults with severe mental illness die prematurely each year from preventable physical illnesses, according to a royal...

    • NHS
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Third of NHS staff mental health hubs have closed

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2023

    The RCN claims a third of NHS mental health hubs set up during the pandemic have closed.

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    Call to help employees manage mental and physical toll of kidney disease

    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023

    The mental health of people with kidney disease needs to be considered within any care and recovery plans as much...

    • Fit for Work
    • Dementia
    • Occupational Health

    Stigma and fear still leading to dementia diagnosis delays

    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023

    Nearly a third of people (33%) who notice symptoms of dementia in themselves or a loved one keep their fears...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Financial wellbeing

    New mental health resource for those with money worries

    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 15 May 2023

    A new guide has been published to help health and social care professionals support the mental health of those with...

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