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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.


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    Employers still too often overlooking financial wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024

    Employers are too often prioritising support for mental (72%) and physical (45%) wellbeing at the expense of financial health, even...

    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Workers want health and safety laws updated to reflect changing workplace

    by Nic Paton 23 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Jul 2024

    More than nine out of 10 workers (94%) believe health and safety legislation needs to be overhauled and updated to...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Two-thirds of employees never referred to occupational health

    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024

    More than two-thirds of employees (70%) have never been referred to occupational health by their employer, with half of employers...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    Mental health training linked to better business performance – study

    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024

    Mental health training for line managers is strongly linked to better business performance, and could save companies millions of pounds...

    • Mental health
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    • Commuting

    Cycling to work helps commuters avoid heart disease and cancer

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jul 2024

    People who cycle to work have a higher life expectancy and are more likely to avoid major illnesses, a study over 18 years has found.

    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    Having control over working patterns improves wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024

    Giving workers input and control over their working patterns results in improved wellbeing and job satisfaction.

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Can the new government really reduce sickness absence?

    by Dr Bernard Yew 10 Jul 2024
    by Dr Bernard Yew 10 Jul 2024

    As the new government sets about transforming the NHS, mental health services and GP access, can they really reduce sickness absence?

    • Disability discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    People with bipolar facing stigma at work

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2024

    Six in 10 people (57%) with bipolar feel a lack of understanding about the condition acts as a barrier for them at work.

    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    New Labour government’s health focus welcomed

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jul 2024

    Labour government's plans to tackle health inequalities and help more people with conditions and disabilities into work have been welcomed.

    • Stress
    • Occupational Health
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    CPD activities: Embracing wellbeing in your OH strategy

    by Anne Harriss 4 Jul 2024
    by Anne Harriss 4 Jul 2024

    These CPD activities consider how you can embrace wellbeing in your OH strategy.

    • Stress
    • Expatriates
    • Europe

    Employers must confront election misinformation and growing risk levels

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Jul 2024

    Organisational resilience and business continuity under threat from new wave of geopolitical volatility.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Three-quarters experiencing burnout, with a quarter going off sick

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2024

    More than three-quarters of workers (77%) have experienced one or more symptoms of burnout in the past 12 months, and...

    • Depression
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Half of antidepressant users could quit medication with GP support

    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024

    Nearly half of long-term antidepressant users would be able to quit their medication with better GP support and access to...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    A million fit notes issued for mental ill health last year

    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024

    More than one million fit notes for mental and behavioural disorders were issued by the NHS last year, according to...

    • Mental health
    • Latest News
    • Domestic abuse

    Euro 2024: Employers must support employees facing domestic abuse

    by Jo Faragher 28 Jun 2024
    by Jo Faragher 28 Jun 2024

    One in five employees could be coping with domestic abuse, with the Euros championship potentially putting them at extra risk.

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