Waymark Employee Support Service 

• In 2008/09 an estimated 415 000 individuals in Britain, who worked in the last year, believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill , according to the Labour Force Survey
  
• The 2009 Psychosocial Working Conditions survey indicated that around 16.7% of all working individuals thought their job was very or extremely stressful.
• The annual incidence of work-related mental health problems in Britain in 2008 was approximately 5,126 new cases per year. However, this almost certainly underestimates the true incidence of these conditions in the British workforce.
• The Labour Force Survey estimates that 230 000 employees first became aware of work-related stress,  depression or anxiety in 2008/09, giving an annual incidence rate of 760 cases per 100 000 workers
  
• The survey estimates that 11.4 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Britain in 2008/09
• GP data indicates that 30.9% of all diagnoses of work-related ill-health are cases of mental ill-health, with an average length of sickness absence per certified case of 26.8 working days
• Teachers, nurses, housing and welfare officers,  customer service workers, certain professional and managerial groups, people working in public administration and defence, police officers, prison officers, medical practitioners and UK armed forces personnel all have high prevalence of work-related stress and mental illness according to the Labour Force Survey. 

             (Figures from Health & Safety Executive    http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/stress)
 
     Waymark can help you to protect your company from stress related loss

        We can offer a speedy response to your staff who need support and open ended or time limited support.

        We offer a service where you can register your company details with us and agree whether staff will be able to         contact us direct or if they should go through your HR department. We will invoice you for sessions taken up             by your staff according to the agreement - you have control over how many sessions will be offered and how             staff can access the support.

        If you are interested please contact us to discuss our service or download our leaflet here.

      Waymark Trust Counselling Service is a registered Charity No: 1022628