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⚠️ Workplace Mental Health Training

If you’re responsible for staff training, you’ve got an increasingly important decision to make when planning the year ahead.

Mental Health is now the leading cause of work-related ill health in Great Britain, and the cost of inaction is measurable - and rising.

According to the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) 2024/25 statistics:

• 1.9 million workers are suffering from work-related ill health

• 964,000 cases relate to work-related stress, depression or anxiety

• Mental ill health now accounts for over 50% of all work-related ill health

• 40.1 million working days were lost due to work-related ill health and injury

• The estimated annual cost to the UK economy is £22.9 billion.

📈 What This Means for Employers

• Prolonged sickness absence
• Increased presenteeism (working while unwell)
• Reduced productivity and engagement
• Higher turnover and recruitment costs
• Increased exposure to enforcement, claims and reputational damage

☝🏼Fact:

- Reactive approaches cost more.
- Late intervention costs more.
- Unmanaged risk costs the most.

🧠 Training: The Return on Investment (ROI)

Independent UK research consistently shows that early, preventative mental health interventions deliver strong financial returns.

Deloitte UK research confirms:

• For every £1 invested in workplace mental health initiatives, employers see an average return of £4.70-£5.30

The largest savings come from:

• reduced absenteeism
• reduced presenteeism
• improved retention and performance
• The annual cost of poor mental health to UK
employers is estimated at £51 billion, with presenteeism the single largest cost driver.

❎ Mental Health First Aid Training

Training provides a practical, scalable control measure by:

✔️ Enabling early recognition of distress
✔️ Supporting staff after traumatic or high pressure incidents
✔️ Reducing escalation into long-term absence
✔️ Supporting safe, timely signposting to professional help
✔️ Strengthening manager capability and confidence

This is risk reduction, not role replacement.

🌱 👥 🏛️ Training aligns with:

• HSE’s expectations on managing psychological health
• First-aid needs assessments that include mental health
• Environmental, Social and Governance wellbeing and people-risk strategies
• Hybrid and high-pressure working environments
It demonstrates reasonable and proportionate action to protect staff health and wellbeing.

📊 What Employers Get

- Accredited Mental Health First Aid training
- Practical skills that managers can use immediately
- Clear role boundaries and escalation pathways
- Consistent, organisation-wide approach to mental health support
- Evidence of proactive, reasonable steps to protect wellbeing.

Booking now:

🎓 Ofqual Regulated, L3 Award (RQF)
🧠 Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace
⚓️ Provider: Bristol Safety Ltd.
📆 Wed 10th - Thur 11th June
📍 Central Bristol.

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Did you know HSE has free toolkits to help managers talk about stress with their teams?

The Stress Talking Toolkits give you a simple, practical way to start those conversations — helping you understand what your people are experiencing and work together on solutions.

They're great for smaller organisations as an alternative to staff surveys, but managers, HR teams and occupational health providers in larger organisations can use them too — in one-to-ones, return-to-work interviews, change management projects and more.

Preventing work-related stress is a legal duty. These toolkits can help you take that first, important step.

Download them for free at http://hse.gov.uk/stress?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=working-minds

This Stress Awareness Month: Take action to prevent work-related stress

Did you know that nearly 1 million workers in the UK reported work-related stress, depression, or anxiety in 2024/25? But here’s the key: work-related stress is preventable.

As an employer, you have a legal duty to assess and manage this risk to protect your team’s well-being.

HSE’s Management Standards provide a clear framework to help you manage key areas of work design that, if left unchecked, can lead to:

🔸 Poor mental health
🔸 Reduced productivity
🔸 Increased absenteeism

Here are the six critical areas to focus on:

🔹 Demands – Are workloads manageable?
🔹 Control – Do employees have input into their work processes?
🔹 Support – Is sufficient support available from colleagues and management?
🔹 Relationships – Are workplace relationships positive?
🔹 Role – Are roles and expectations clear?
🔹 Change – Are changes managed and communicated effectively?

By reviewing these areas, you can identify stress risks and engage your team in creating a healthier, more productive work environment.

This is a key focus of HSE’s Working Minds campaign—helping employers prevent stress and improve mental health in the workplace.

Take action now with our free tools and guidance:

🔗 https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/working-minds?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=working-minds