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 and workplace wellbeing specialists are being urged to help inform a new 10-year plan for mental ill-health prevention.
The expertise of occupational health will be critical to helping employers navigate the ‘second pandemic’ of mental ill health as we emerge from Covid-19.
Providers of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are reporting significant rises in calls as they support workers based in Ukraine and surrounding states.
Men's mental health is shrouded in stigma. How might employers get them to open up, and why is this important?
A record number of people in England have looked to access cognitive behavioural therapy in the past year, data has shown.
The latest annual workplace health snapshot from the CIPD has shown employers could still be thinking more strategically about health and work. Â
The innovative response to the pandemic taken by OH provider Health Management led to it winning ‘Best mental health initiative’ in last year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards.
What are some of the factors that affect individual resilience, and how might the ability to bounce back after adversity...
Occupational health assessments are becoming one of the most important tools in the employer armoury for managing and supporting long Covid, research has suggested.
More than seven out of 10 employees working for small and medium-sized businesses say they have received no mental health...
The cost to employers of absenteeism, presenteeism and people leaving or moving jobs because of mental ill health has increased...
Long Covid affects individuals and their ability to work in different ways. Tailored rehabilitation support can help acheive the best outcomes.
Far too many wellbeing topics remain taboo. Creating a culture of health requires normalising conversations about wellbeing, writes Louise Abbs.
Supporting young workers' wellbeing has become ahallenging as remote and hybrid working becomes commonplace. Firms need to consider induction and other processes.
Staff morale in NHS England is declining and almost a third often think about leaving the organisation, the 2021 NHS staff survey has revealed.
