MENTAL HEALTH & STRESS
MENTAL HEALTH ABSENCES COSTING BUSINESSES
New research has revealed that during the past four years the amount mental health is costing UK businesses has increased by 10%. Firstcare tell us more.
In 2012, UK businesses lost an average of £854 per employee, however that figure has since risen to £942, presenting a worrying trend that the number of people affected by mental health absence is increasing and its costing organisations more.
FirstCare, an absence management provider that has been recording details of more than 160,000 employees in the UK for 9 years, has identified further key trends around mental health related absence, including what industries, age groups and genders are most affected.
The figures showed that staff within the NHS, council groups and housing associations have the highest levels of mental health related absence. The research also revealed that the NHS has seen an increase in levels of mental health related absence year on year between 2012-2016, from an average of 1.57 to 1.7 days lost.
Construction and transport industries were reported as the least affected
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industries, with mental health related absence at its highest amongst women aged between 40 and 50.
The research conducted also uncovered that levels of mental health related absence increase with age, with female employees aged between 20 and 30 losing an average of 0.21 days, compared to those aged between 50 and 60 losing an average of 0.44 days.
Speaking about the company’s findings,James Arquette, FirstCare’s Chief Operating Officer, commented: “The average employee lost 1.33 days due to mental health related absence in 2015, and worryingly, the figures are continuing to rise each year.
“Despite mental health being widely spoken about, there is still a stigma associated with it and employees are suffering in silence and choosing to not seek support, which leads to increased levels of absence.
“Employers need to ensure that they have the right support systems and mentoring programmes in place, to
allow employees to speak out, creating a more open working environment.
“This will not only make a business an attractive place to work, but it will help retain skilled staff for the long term and have a positive impact on a company’s bottom line.”
www.firstcare.eu
ABOUT FIRSTCARE FirstCare’s customers include Oxford University Hospital, where absence has been reduced by 26%; Somerset County Council, which has seen a £700,000 return on investment and Walsall Housing Group, which has seen absence fall by 33%. It is also the single provider of the UK’s first Public Absence Management Framework available to any local authority, school, academy, university, college, fire & rescue service, police force, NHS body or registered charity.
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