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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.


    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Six employee wellbeing trends for 2023

    by Marc Holl 7 Dec 2022
    by Marc Holl 7 Dec 2022

    As 2023 approaches, employers will be considering the common health and wellbeing issues facing employees and how their organisation can...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Conditions
    • Cancer

    ‘Taskforce’ model to tackle cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction

    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022

    The government intends to apply the lessons from the fast-track development of the Covid-19 vaccines to tackling some of the UK’s other pressing health challenges.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Quarter of young people with ‘probable’ mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022

    As many as a quarter of 17-19-year-olds in England have a “probable” mental health disorder, worrying figures from the NHS have suggested.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    More than three million trying to access NHS mental health services

    by Nic Paton 29 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 29 Nov 2022

    The number of people now in contact with NHS mental health services in England has increased by 16.2% in the past year.

    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Warning that World Cup could fuel gambling addictions

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    The Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned the World Cup tournament could lead to an increase in gambling addictions.

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    OH overlooked in call for better support for black people with mental illness

    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Nov 2022

    More innovative approaches need to be used to communicate the benefits of regular physical health checks for people with severe mental illness from Black African and Caribbean communities, a report has suggested.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    ‘Commit 5% of working hours to employee mental health‘ business leaders urged

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Nov 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Nov 2022

    A health firm has urged business leaders to take the '5% pledge' and allocate some of their working hours to promoting good mental health.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Third of young men worry mental ill health makes them ‘less masculine’

    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022

    A third of men aged under 35 worry that admitting to struggling with mental health somehow makes them ‘less masculine’,...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Coronavirus

    Young workers left most stressed by pandemic

    by Nic Paton 14 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 14 Nov 2022

    People at the start of their careers were most likely to feel stressed about work during the early months of the pandemic, a study has concluded.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Financial wellbeing

    Cost of living and burnout combining to create mental health crisis

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022

    The cost of living crisis, rising inflation, stagnant wages and burnout are all combining to fuel a surge in stress,...

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Occupational Health

    Cost of living crisis increasing drink and drug addiction

    by Nic Paton 7 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 7 Nov 2022

    Increasing numbers of people are turning to drink and drugs to cope with the stress and anxiety of the cost...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Third of men would find STI diagnosis damaging to mental health

    by Nic Paton 7 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 7 Nov 2022

    More than a third of men (34%) say that a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) would have a...

    • Financial wellbeing
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Oven-Ready HR: Looking after workers’ mental health should be mandatory

    by Chris Taylor 4 Nov 2022
    by Chris Taylor 4 Nov 2022

    Workplace wellbeing continues to be a key theme for Oven-Ready HR.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Financial wellbeing

    ONS personal wellbeing survey: stress and anxiety still rife

    by Nic Paton 31 Oct 2022
    by Nic Paton 31 Oct 2022

    The UK’s general state of wellbeing has improved in the past year but, as a nation, we’re still more stressed and anxious than we were before the pandemic.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Only third of employers have increased spending on wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 31 Oct 2022
    by Nic Paton 31 Oct 2022

    Just a third of companies have increased their wellbeing spend since the start of the pandemic, a survey has found.

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