The £8 billion mental health wake-up call

As mental health-related absence continues to rise across the UK, employers are facing a growing challenge: how to support employee wellbeing while maintaining productivity and performance. UK businesses lose an estimated £8 billion each year due to inadequate workplace mental health support, with 32.5 million working days lost annually to work-related ill health.

Yet the biggest opportunity lies not in managing absence after it occurs, but in preventing mental health challenges from escalating in the first place.Forward-thinking organisations are moving beyond reactive support and embracing preventative approaches that help employees stay mentally healthy, resilient, and engaged. From early intervention and proactive mental health support to personalised wellbeing programmes and manager training, prevention is becoming a powerful driver of workforce performance and business success.

By investing in preventative mental health strategies, employers can reduce avoidable absence, tackle presenteeism, improve employee retention, and create a healthier, more productive workplace. Join us to discover how leading organisations are making mental wellbeing a core part of their people strategy - and delivering measurable benefits across productivity, culture, and business performance.

In this webinar, we'll explore:

• The rising cost of poor mental health for UK employers and its impact on productivity
• Why preventative mental health support is becoming a critical business strategy
• The connection between mental wellbeing, absence, presenteeism, and employee performance
• How early intervention can help prevent long-term mental health-related absence
• Practical initiatives that support employee mental wellbeing before challenges escalate
• The role of managers, workplace culture, and employee benefits in prevention
• Measuring the return on investment of preventative mental health strategies
• How leading employers are reducing absence and building more resilient workforces through proactive support