The cost of mental health conditions to UK workplaces is at least £26 billion across the economy, or £1,000 per employee per year. The largest proportion of these costs is due to ‘presenteeism’, where people are at work but are underperforming due to ill health, while just under a third is due to sickness absence.

At any one time, one in six of us will be experiencing a mental health condition, most often depression or anxiety. Mental ill health affects people of all ages and every workplace, big or small. It is a reality of life that we too often sweep under the carpet, and we do so at a great price.

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