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<p><em>Thriving at Work; The Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em>,
published in October 2017, sets out a compelling business case for employers to support
their staff’s mental health. In the review, an independent study on the cost to employers
of poor employee mental health commissioned from Deloitte found that:</p><ul><li>There
is a large annual cost to employers of between £33 billion and £42 billion (with over
half of the cost coming from presenteeism – when individuals are less productive due
to poor mental health in work) with additional costs from sickness absence and staff
turnover.</li><li>The cost of poor mental health to Government is between £24 billion
and £27 billion. This includes costs in providing benefits, falls in tax revenue and
costs to the NHS.</li><li>The cost of poor mental health to the economy as a whole
is more than both of those together from lost output, at between £74 billion and £99
billion per year.</li></ul><p>The Government’s full response to the review is included
in <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work Health and Disability</em> where we set
out a broad ranging strategy to further support disabled people and people with health
conditions – including mental health conditions - to enter and thrive in work.</p><p>
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