Mental Health

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29 March 2023

Increasing concern over employee mental health

Among companies of all sizes across the UK, 54% stated that of the four pillars of health and wellbeing, the mental health of their staff...

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16 March 2023

UK staring down the barrel of a mental health crisis

With 75% of respondents to our survey believing that they have adequate support in place to support the mental health of their employees, it appears...

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17 January 2023

Levels of EAP usage have hit new highs

The average usage figure among UK employers has now topped 12%, compared with 11.4% last year (and the typical average from previous years of 10.4%)....

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How to turn blue mondays into happy mondays

Mental Health

16 January 2023

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5 January 2023

Opening up about mental health is the best way to improve it

New research from Koa Health finds that 70% of companies believe mental health will improve in 2023 as they plan to become more open about...

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15 November 2022

Rate of male suicide is rising – what must be done?

The latest figures show that around three quarters of suicides are male, and since 2010, the highest suicide rates each year have been in males...

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12 November 2022

One-in-three businesses are ‘wellbeing-washing’

Seven in 10 (71%) workplaces celebrate mental health awareness days or weeks, despite just a third (36%) of organisations’ mental health support being deemed ‘good’...

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What impact is cost of living crisis having on mental wellbeing?

Mental Health

22 October 2022

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20 October 2022

Why is mental health support falling short?

Mental health is a multi-faceted area of health and wellbeing, and by its nature that calls for a multi-faceted approach if the support is going...

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30 September 2022

Cost-of-living crisis intensifies national mental health emergency

The country’s leading provider of mental health first training, MHFA England, has trained over 338,000 people in mental health skills and awareness since the beginning...

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16 September 2022

Lack of investment in ‘frontline’ managers will lead to mental health crisis

According to a recent WorkNest poll, 79% of employers and HR professionals have not provided line managers with training to support employees with their mental...

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Suicide is preventable, so how can employers help?

Mental Health

10 September 2022

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