Incidents involving livestock were the number-one cause of work-related deaths on British farms last year. HSE statistics show being injured by an animal was the number one cause of work-related deaths on British farms in 2022/23, when there were a total of eight such deaths. The finding has driven the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]
This World Mental Health Day, we’re welcoming three new partners to our Working Minds campaign, which encourages workplaces to take action on work-related stress and mental health. New Working Minds partners for the entertainment & leisure sector The three new partners are the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT), the British Association of Leisure Parks, […]
More needs to be done to protect Britain’s HGV drivers from work-related stress. HSE’s Working Minds campaign has been launched in the transport sector with the Road Haulage Association (RHA) joining as a partner to help raise awareness of legal duty and the support and resources available. Stress, depression or anxiety is now the number […]
By Chantelle Wilson, Policy Advisor in the Work-related Stress and Mental Health Policy Team at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Prior to joining HSE’s Stress & Mental Health at work policy team, I worked in a range of different settings providing psychological support. I have learnt so much from these experiences, both as an […]
By Rachel Bottomley, Improvement Officer at See Me Scotland In the last couple of years, we’ve definitely seen a positive shift in attitudes around mental health and mental health problems. But unfortunately, mental health stigma and the fear of discrimination are still big reasons why people hesitate before asking for help at work. There is […]
By Rob McGreal, Policy Advisor and Lead for work-related stress and mental health at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Employers often tell us that they’ve done an individual risk assessment on a worker and, when you dig into the background, you wonder why they’ve not assessed the situation for everyone! Risk assessments are required […]
New podcast for the farming industry Working vehicles such as tractors, telehandlers, combine harvesters and ATVs are vital to the day-to-day operations on British farms. But the number one cause of deaths in agriculture is incidents involving moving vehicles. In this podcast HSE’s Agriculture Sector Lead, Adrian Hodkinson, is joined by safety instructor and farmer, […]
By Emma Mamo, Assistant Director of Workplace & Business Development at the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) We all have mental health – it exists on a spectrum. We move up and down the spectrum for any number of reasons. The protective and risk factors for our mental health are often the inverse of […]
HSE’s Working Minds campaign welcomes two new partners during Stress Awareness Month, the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and See Me – Scotland’s national programme to end mental health stigma. SAMH has been supporting Scotland’s mental health for 100 years, and currently operates over 70 services in communities across the country, providing mental health social […]
By Graeme Craig, Senior Industrial Issues Executive at the British Plastics Federation (BPF) When it comes to work-related stress, the link between wellness in the workplace and business performance is well documented. But for some businesses (particularly SMEs), having the resources and capability to create a culture of inclusivity and engagement to both attract and […]
