Research and analysis

Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers

An independent review of mental health and employers by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 26 October 2017
• Last updated: 30 November 2017 — See all updates

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Thriving at Work: the Stevenson/Farmer review of mental health and employers

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Easy read: Staying healthy and being happy at work

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Details

We published the government response to this independent review on 30 November 2017.

Thriving at Work sets out what employers can do to better support all employees, including those with mental health problems to remain in and thrive through work.

It includes a detailed analysis that explores the significant cost of poor mental health to UK businesses and the economy as a whole. Poor mental health costs employers between £33 billion and £42 billion a year, with an annual cost to the UK economy of between £74 billion and £99 billion.

The review quantifies how investing in supporting mental health at work is good for business and productivity. The most important recommendation is that all employers, regardless of size or industry, should adopt 6 ‘mental health core standards’ that lay basic foundations for an approach to workplace mental health. It also details how large employers and the public sector can develop these standards further through a set of ‘mental health enhanced standards’. The review also makes a series of recommendations to government and other bodies.

Read the research carried out by Deloitte on mental health and employers

Published 26 October 2017
Last updated 30 November 2017 + show all updates

1. 30 November 2017

   Added a link to the government response and an easy read version of the review.

2. 26 October 2017

   First published.