Work related stress impacts on our lives

A Health & Safety Executive report (HSE, 1999a) estimated that work-related stress costs UK employers about £353 million to £381 million per annum (in 1995/1996 prices) and society between £3.7 to £3.8 billion. Since these calculations were done, the estimated number of days lost due to stress has more than doubled.

 That's a lot of stress and a lot of time off work that could have been avoided.

 

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 (PWC) survey indicated that around 16.7% of all working individuals thought their job was very or extremely stressful. Estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) indicate that self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for an estimated 11.4 million lost working days in Britain in 2008/09.

 The Health and Occupation Reporting Network (THOR) surveillance data from General Practitioners 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.  

Occupation groups containing teachers, nurses, and housing and welfare officers,  customer service workers, and certain professional and managerial groups have high prevalence rates of self-reported work-related stress according to the LFS.  The LFS also shows people working within public administration and defence to have high prevalence rates of self-reported work-related stress.

How can Coaching Help you? 

In a coaching session, using psychological coaching models, we examine the situations and events which can contribute to your stress levels and look at strategies you can use and adopt in your every day life to reduce the toxics effects of stress.

We will together develop a stress action plan personalised for you in order for you to be able to manage your stress and release you from the sometimes paralysing effects of stress.

It may be that you wish to look at all areas of your life, this can help you to put your stress into perspective and examine the inter-relation between stress and your overall quality of life.

 The aim of each session is to put YOU back in control of your life and to empower you with the tools and strategies that you need.