Benefits to tackling stress in the workplace

Leicestershire people and businesses are being urged by health leaders at East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to take action on Stress Awareness Day, which takes place on Wednesday 4 November.

Stress itself is not a medical diagnosis, but severe stress that continues for a long time may lead to a diagnosis of depression or anxiety, or more severe mental health problems. Many of life’s demands can cause stress, particularly work, relationships and money problems.

Almost 11.3 million working days are lost each year in England and Wales because of stress. It is the single biggest cause of workplace absence, affects one in five people and accounts, on its own, for over a third of the 27 million sick days a year.