Tag Archive for Mental Health

How to recognise and support mental health issues in your team?

Mental health and wellbeing support in the workplace has significantly improved in recent years. However Bupa research highlights that line managers would still benefit from support and advice to identify mental health issues within their teams, with 34 per cent of managers saying they would struggle to detect if their colleagues were experiencing a mental
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Should we be brave enough to take sick leave for mental health?

A recent survey conducted by PwC finds 34 per cent of employees in the UK are facing health and well-being problems. Two in five of those surveyed said they had taken time off because of mental health issues. These days, people spend the majority of their time in work, and the extent to which a job
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One in three UK employees are working with anxiety, depression or stress

A third of the UK workforce (34 per cent) may have a health and wellbeing issue, with the most common being anxiety, depression and stress, according to a new PwC study. PwC surveyed 2,000 workers across the UK, from junior level through to managing directors, about their health and wellbeing at work. Nearly a quarter (23 per
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One in three now comfortable talking about mental health at work

Bupa, the health and wellbeing provider, has released figures to reveal the health of the UK’s workplace wellbeing. The research coincides with the launch of the Bupa Wellbeing Edit – a report which explores key themes in workplace wellbeing with insights from business and wellbeing experts. The data shows the number of people receiving mental
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How to support an employee with mental health problems

Work-related stress, depression and anxiety are the biggest causes of work absence, accounting for 45 per cent of all lost working days last year. According to the Health and Safety Executive, over 450,000 people experienced mental health problems due to work-place stress in the last year alone. Research from Mind shows that 42 per cent
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It’s tough at the top: A focus on the mental health of business leaders

The old cliché of ‘it’s tough at the top’ frequently appears redundant, replaced by the more modern concepts of robustness, emotional intelligence, or even bold-faced machismo to offset the truth of the pressures that exist. It’s almost as though we’ve mixed concepts of good mental health and self-care with the inevitable need to continue to
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