Category: Government and Legislation

Mental health and employment: Can the Government forge progress on both fronts?
21st January 2025
How do we make mental health and employment two sides of the same coin, rather than separate or even competing priorities? That was the question we explored in a Mental Health UK roundtable discussion hosted in Parliament, in a conversation which went to the heart of one of the UK’s most pressing current challenges.

Burnout Report 2025 reveals generational divide in levels of stress and work absence
16th January 2025
We’ve published findings of our second Annual Burnout report*, which takes the pulse of the nation’s stress levels. The survey of 4,418 UK adults conducted by YouGov finds that the risk of burnout remains prevalent, with one in three (34%) adults experiencing high or extreme levels of pressure or stress ‘always’ or ‘often’ last year, compared with 35% the previous year. Meanwhile, nine in 10 (91%) experienced high pressure or stress at some point over the last year.

Breaking Barriers: Supporting mental health to boost economic growth
7th January 2025
Mental health has emerged as one of the most significant challenges facing the UK workforce today and therefore economic growth too. Approximately 630,000 people reported being economically inactive due to long-term sickness, with ‘mental health condition’ being the main cause in 2022-2023, and again in 2023-2024.

Mental Health UK responds to Prime Minister’s speech on welfare
23rd April 2024
On Friday 19th April, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak made a speech on welfare announcing the need for reforms. Specifically honing in on the need to tackle unemployment and getting people back into work.

Discussing menopause in the workplace
22nd February 2024
In the UK, nearly 5 million cisgender women aged 50 and over are in employment – it is the fastest-growing demographic group of workers. This age group is the most likely to be affected by menopausal symptoms, so employers need to ensure they are supporting this group of their workforce. Talking openly with your employer can be an important first step towards being better supported at work.

How RAAC school closures are adding to the mental health crisis in modern-day Britain
11th October 2023
Like many parents, I was looking forward to my children returning to school after the long summer holidays. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids and love spending time with them. However, for the optimum balance of a happy home environment and my ability to do my job, a return to school was the order of the day. My kids too needed to get back into the daily schedule school brings; the social engagement of seeing all their friends again is a hugely positive thing and obviously they need to learn.

Mental health is a universal human right
9th October 2023
When we say “mental health is a universal human right,” what do we mean? After all, we all “have” mental health, just like we have physical health, but we aren’t always physically or mentally healthy.

Mental Health UK welcomes government winter mental health plan and commitment to additional funding
23rd November 2020

Insurance industry can’t afford to discriminate against people living with mental illness
30th July 2020
We have urged the insurance industry to review the service they provide to people living with mental illness in our new report: Affording protection: mental health and insurance.
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