Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers
An independent review of mental health and employers by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer.
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We published the government response to this independent review on 30 November 2017.
Thriving at Work sets out what employers can do to better support all employees, including those with mental health problems to remain in and thrive through work.
It includes a detailed analysis that explores the significant cost of poor mental health to UK businesses and the economy as a whole. Poor mental health costs employers between 拢33 billion and 拢42 billion a year, with an annual cost to the UK economy of between 拢74 billion and 拢99 billion.
The review quantifies how investing in supporting mental health at work is good for business and productivity. The most important recommendation is that all employers, regardless of size or industry, should adopt 6 鈥榤ental health core standards鈥� that lay basic foundations for an approach to workplace mental health. It also details how large employers and the public sector can develop these standards further through a set of 鈥榤ental health enhanced standards鈥�. The review also makes a series of recommendations to government and other bodies.