THE EMPLOYEE AND BUSINESS BENEFITS OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN THE WORKPLACE

We’re more stressed at work than ever before, and the impacts of that stress are probably having an impact on your organisation.

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a significant spike in mental health issues, which is something that had already been on the rise since 2010, and a massive 1.46 million people were referred to NHS England’s ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme’ in 2020/21.

Mental health awareness in the workplace has never been more important, and there are several employee and business benefits for organisations that take it seriously.

In this blog, we take a look at; How employee mental health affects job performance, The benefits of mental health awareness to your business and how you can boost employee mental health.