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workHealth@Work says Liverpool workers are suffering mental health illnessesThursday, April 29th, 2010A LIVERPOOL charity is warning that mental health illness among employees is on the rise after the sustained recession. Health@Work has highlighted a new report revealing that 47% of workers are experiencing depressive symptoms during the recession which is five times higher than levels recorded before the slump. Response suggests many people wrongly judged fit to workTuesday, March 30th, 2010There have been a great many interesting responses to the Citizens Advice report – published last week that detailed “grave concerns” over the number of sick and disabled people being judged fit for work by the new Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) testing system. Health, Work and Wellbeing Challenge FundThursday, March 11th, 2010There will be another opportunity to apply for the Health, Work and Wellbeing Challenge Fund in 2010, for projects to start in the following year. Bids will be welcomed from small and medium sized enterprises and local partnerships, with grants available of between £1,000 and £50,000. The Challenge Fund supports projects that focus on: alleviating stress and improving mental well being; providing healthy activities; ensuring work life balance; and supportive management.
NHS tackling ‘the last taboo’ and helping people back to workFriday, December 18th, 2009Calling mental illness ‘the last taboo’, Alastair Campbell, the journalist, broadcaster and author, spoke about his own experiences of breakdown and depression to an audience of over 500 mental health professionals at ‘The Way Through’ conference on December 1 in Bolton. If You Need to Work Better, Maybe Try Working LessThursday, September 24th, 2009It was 4 p.m. on a recent Friday—a time of the week when I usually relax and leave the rest of my to-do list to finish over the weekend. But as this recent weekend approached, I kept pushing myself, heart pumping, to get to the bottom of my list of planned tasks for the week. Promotion ‘bad for mental health’Tuesday, August 25th, 2009An article about the mental health needs that arise from promotion at work Getting promoted at work may be bad for a person’s mental health, a study suggests.
Warwick University researchers quizzed 1,000 workers who had been promoted into supervisory or management roles in the past five years. Mental health support for workersTuesday, August 25th, 2009An article about new mental health support for workers in the UK People with mental health problems will get extra support to help manage their condition so they can remain in the workplace, the government has said.
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