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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.


    • Civil Service
    • Stress
    • Anxiety

    Civil service mental ill health up by more than a third

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2023

    Civil servants in Whitehall took a record 771,433 days of sick leave last year because of stress and other mental...

    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Gig economy

    Pay instability linked to insomnia, headaches and stomach problems

    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023

    Gig economy workers are more likely to report health issues like insomnia, headaches, and stomach issues, according to research.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Eight in 10 teens suffering from mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2023

    More than a third (35%) of this future workforce already needing professional support for depression or anxiety, twice the adult rate,

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Burnout, stress and mental ill health running rampant in UK

    by Nic Paton 3 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 Apr 2023

    Too many UK workers are ‘running on empty’, with burnout, mental ill health and work-related stress now costing the economy...

    • Stress
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Half find staying healthy harder in cost-of-living crisis

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Mar 2023

    More than half of UK adults feel the cost-of-living crisis has made it more difficult to stay healthy.

    • Manufacturing
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    How Ford is lifting the bonnet on mental health

    by Mark Wilson 30 Mar 2023
    by Mark Wilson 30 Mar 2023

    The Ford Motor Company is helping staff open up about their mental health and encouraging employees to bring their whole selves to work.

    • Stress
    • NHS
    • Sickness absence management

    GP stress levels should ‘ring alarm bells’ says think-tank

    by Nic Paton 27 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 27 Mar 2023

    UK GPs experience the highest stress and lowest job satisfaction compared to family doctors in nine other high-income countries, an...

    • Health and safety
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    UK managers see rise in mental health issues

    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2023
    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2023

    Almost half of UK managers witness a rise in employee mental health issues, according to a survey by Peninsula.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Impact of menopause often overlooked when evaluating suicide risk

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2023

    Mental health services too often fail to consider the impact of menopause on wellbeing and emotional health, potentially leaving women...

    • Stress
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    Why mental health first aid is not the ‘gold standard’

    by Emily Pearson 21 Mar 2023
    by Emily Pearson 21 Mar 2023

    A workplace mental health consultant gives her opinion on the effectiveness of mental health first aid, and moves to make it mandatory.

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    Junior doctors left ‘desperate’ by hours, workload and stress

    by Nic Paton 17 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 17 Mar 2023

    With junior doctors in England this week taking part in a three-day walkout, research has highlighted how long hours, intense...

    • Fit for Work
    • Ergonomics
    • Occupational Health

    Health and disability white paper expected alongside Budget this week

    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023

    The Budget on Wednesday is expected to be accompanied by a Health and Disability White Paper, which will outline government...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    Mental health: NICE gives go-ahead to eight digitally enabled therapies

    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023

    Eight digitally enabled therapies to treat mental ill health, including depression and anxiety disorders, in adults have been conditionally recommended...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Lack of help for adults and young people with eating disorders

    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Mar 2023

    Adults and young people with food allergies and eating disorders in the UK are not getting the help and support...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Coronavirus

    Pandemic did not cause ‘tsunami’ of mental ill health, study suggests

    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023

    People’s general mental health and anxiety hardly deteriorated at all during the pandemic, surprising new research has suggested.
    During and...

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