{"id":2129,"date":"2025-10-10T09:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:40:34","slug":"world-mental-health-day-protect-your-teams-mental-health-and-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=2129","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day: Protect your team\u2019s mental health \u2013 and your business"},"content":{"rendered":"

To mark World Mental Health Day 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers to go beyond raising awareness and take practical steps to prevent work-related stress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2023\/24, approximately half of all self-reported cases of work-related ill health in Great Britain\u2014whether new or ongoing\u2014were linked to stress, depression, or anxiety, according to data from the Labour Force Survey and HSE statistics. On average, each affected worker took 19.6 days off due to these conditions. The impact on businesses is significant \u2013 increased absence, reduced productivity, and higher staff turnover.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Take action<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kayleigh Roberts, Work-Related Stress Policy Lead at HSE, said: \u201cThis World Mental Health Day, we\u2019re asking employers to keep talking \u2013 but start doing. We regularly hear from businesses struggling with rising absence, falling performance, and high staff turnover \u2013 often caused by preventable stress at work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that even small changes can make a big difference. Taking steps like reviewing workloads, enhancing communication, or giving staff greater autonomy can lead to improved wellbeing and stronger business performance. The organisations that thrive are those that address the root causes of stress before they escalate into a crisis.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Support that works<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HSE\u2019s Working Minds campaign now includes 36 partners, reinforcing that mental health is a business priority, not just a moral responsibility.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The campaign\u2019s five steps \u2013 <\/span>Reach <\/span>out<\/span>, Recognise, Respond, Reflect, <\/span>and<\/span> make it<\/span> Routine<\/span> \u2013 offer employers a clear framework to manage the six key causes of work-related stress: demands, control, support, relationships, role clarity, and change management.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 18,000 business leaders have already accessed HSE\u2019s free <\/span>online learning platform<\/span><\/a>, with 94% saying they now feel confident in applying what they\u2019ve learned.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Make a practical change today<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This World Mental Health Day, commit to one change your business can make right now. Start with any of these practical steps:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

review workloads and deadlines<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

improve communication and feedback<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

use our <\/span>Talking Toolkit<\/span><\/a> to support conversations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

complete a <\/span>stress risk assessment<\/span><\/a> using our templates<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

encourage managers to complete our <\/span>free training module<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit our Work Right website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to access tools, templates, and free training.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The time to act is now. Protecting mental health is good for your people \u2013 and good for your business.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To mark World Mental Health Day 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers to go beyond raising awareness and take practical steps to prevent work-related stress.\u00a0 In 2023\/24, approximately half of all self-reported cases of work-related ill health in Great Britain\u2014whether new or ongoing\u2014were linked to stress, depression, or anxiety, according to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}