“Despite an increasing number of workplace health and wellbeing services being put in place, employees are experiencing increasing mental health issues and the highest rate of sickness absence in a decade….companies need to implement preventative health and wellbeing strategies that are supported by the most senior levels of leadership and build line manager skills and confidence to support wellbeing.”
~CIPD Report September 2023
A GENERATIONAL CRISIS OF UNPRECEDENTED PROPORTIONS
1 in 20 young Britons (those under 30) are now signed off work or study with long term sickness, meaning they are more likely to be signed off sick than adults in their 40s. There is not explanation either why they are suffering from illnesses like serious mobility issues and cancer. The numbers suffering has now more than doubled in the last decade and now stands at 190,000. The outlook for the next generation of leaders looks bleak with these statistics.
Add to this that the UK is reported to be the the second most miserable country to live in (landed 70th out of 71) for overall mental wellbeing, The report found that UK mental wellbeing levels in 2023 had not recovered from pre-pandemic levels, according to researchers at the US-based Sapien Labs think tank. 35 per cent of respondents in the UK said they were struggling with their wellbeing. It’s not surprising therefore that stress-related absenteeism and presenteeism at 10 year highs, according to the CIPD Sep ‘23 report
These dire statistics make early intervention, accurate predictive and preventative data more crucial than ever.
Always Fit Health provides companies and organisations with a range of services from leadership development, to epigenetic workshops, coaching and wellbeing services. We also provide training for line managers to be equip to recognise initial signals and patterns for early intervention and appropriate support.
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