Dame Carol Black and David Frost carried out one of the most robust independent review of sickness absence which was formally published in November 2011 titled Health at Work – An Independent Review of Sickness Absence[1]. This work was presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for work and pensions. The report concluded that there were 140 million days lost due to sickness absence. They calculated that the associated cost with sick pay was 9 billion pounds a year and for the State which spent 13 billion pounds annually on health related benefits. They estimated that 140 million working days were lost in Great Britain that year due to sickness absence and that equated to 4.9 days for each worker each year.
Since then the Office for National Statistics published updated figures showing the average number of sick days for 2018 per employee per year had dropped to 4.1 day per year in 2018. They estimate 137.3 million days of sickness absence and mental health issues including stress, depression and anxiety representing 15.5 million days lost per year (11.5%).
Mental wellbeing and mindfulness underpin any meaningful strategy in trying to challenge work related mental health issues. We have therefore carefully selected educational seminars which deal with both physical wellbeing as well as mental wellbeing. All of our sessions are heavily researched and evidence based so that employees are receiving the most up-to-date information based on published literate in a way which it is palatable to the lay person. Feedback from sessions have been very positive and organisations that are already engaged with us have booked several session over the coming months. Our sessions include the following: