Stress - The Facts

Stress is now recognised as an important Health and Safety issue at work.  

  • Work related stress is now the major cause of ill health at work
  • Each case of stress-related ill health leads to an average of 30.9 working days lost each year
  • A total of 12.8 million working days were lost due to stress, depression and anxiety in a survey carried out in 2004/2005 with figures steadily rising
  • “1 in 3 partners of people who work more than 48 hours in a typical week say that this has an entirely negative effect on their personal relationship”
  • “Nearly two out of three UK Managers indicated recent major structual change in their organisation. As a result 53% of Directors, 64% of Senior Managers, and 75% of Middle/Junior Managers felt demoralised”