In 2022/23, the number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain was approximately 875,000 compared with 914,000 in the previous year.
Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s)
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Work absences
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Employer's actions
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Stress among healthcare workers
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- Premium Statistic Share of UK NHS staff unwell due to work related stress by occupation 2023
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COVID impact
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- Basic Statistic Reasons for heightened anxiety during the coronavirus lockdown in the UK 2020
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- Frequency that U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017, by ethnicity
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- Ways to relieve stress according to French people 2017
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Health and Safety Executive. (November 1, 2023). Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. (2023). Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Number of Workers Reporting Work-related Stress, Depression or Anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/
Health and Safety Executive, Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/ (last visited June 03, 2024)
Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Health and Safety Executive, November 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/292309/work-related-stress-depression-or-anxiety-among-workers-in-great-britain-gb/