Mental Illness is Leading to Resignation of More Than 30000 Employees Per Year

Government-commissioned report has found A total of 300,000 people with a long term mental health problem lose their job every year.

The Thriving at Work report commissioned by Theresa May, found that the annual cost to the UK economy has been estimated at up to £99 billion.

Theresa May, who commissioned the report in January, reacted by announcing NHS England and the Civil Service would abide by the report’s 40 recommendations, which include routine monitoring of staff’s mental health and a comprehensive plan for it.
Theresa May, who commissioned the report in January, hit out at the ‘injustice’ people with mental health problems face

Mental illness hits at least one in every 6 of us and thereby leaves the work staff for about 22% stressed at their work.

In general, mental illness is something which even today is refrained to talk about by many people all around the world.

When mental illness cannot be spoken about with our own family members and friends, how can we expect to talk about this at the work place?

“Vital to this is the need to have a comprehensive cross-government plan which transforms how we deal with mental illness not only in our hospitals or crisis centres but in our classrooms, shop floors and communities.

“We need to take action. That’s why I am immediately asking NHS England and the Civil Service, which together employ more than two million people, to accept the recommendations that apply to them.

“It is only by making this an everyday concern for everyone that we change the way we see mental illness so that striving to improve your mental health, whether at work or at home, is seen as just as positive as improving our physical wellbeing,” she added.
The independent review – conducted by Paul Farmer, the chief executive of the mental health charity Mind, and Lord Stevenson, the former chairman of HBOS – also found that people with mental health problems are losing their jobs at double the rate of people without such conditions.

Mr Farmer said they found that in many workplaces mental health is still “a taboo subject” and that opportunities to prevent poor mental health are being missed.

He said: “In many instances employers simply don’t understand the crucial role they can play, or know where to go for advice and support.

“The human cost of failing to address mental health in the workplace is clear.
Analysis by Deloitte for the review suggests that mental ill health costs employers up to £42 billion every year.

The reviewers are calling on all employers, regardless of size or industry, to adopt six “mental health core standards” to enhance workplace mental health.

These include-

• Making a mental health at the work plan
• Enhancing awareness among the workers t talk about this
• Improving social collaborations at the work place
• Developing good team spirit by conducting regular team building activities
• Regular health check of the employees physical as well as mental health