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What is First Aid for Mental Health?
Statistics on the rise and impact of poor mental health at work make for alarming reading. Research from The Mental Health Foundation tells us that 14.7% of UK workers experience poor mental health in the workplace. That is a lot of people needing support from their...
HR Managers -Can you Afford not to Invest In Wellbeing in the Workplace?
Stress in the workplace is big news. The recent announcement by the World Health Organisation to include 'burnout' in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) highlights that workplace stress has, indeed, reached a worrying level...
10 ways stress in the workplace could harm your business
As someone who employs staff, and evaluates their work, I am sure I don’t need to tell you that stress in the workplace is a rising problem. Stress related absence costs UK business billions each year. As stress in society rises, this cost looks set to rise. A person...
Is burnout affecting your business?
The World Health Authority now classes 'burnout' as a recognised, chronic health condition. This has highlighted a truth that many workers in the UK already know to be true. We are working ourselves far beyond our ability to cope, and it is taking a terrible toll on...