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5 Themes from Mental Health Awareness Week 2017

5 Themes That Came Out of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 This week has been all about mental health. A lot has been said in the media, and we’ve received a lot of feedback on our articles. Let’s discuss 5 of the major themes that came out of Mental Health Awareness Week. 1. I...

5 Essentials for Your Mental Health Toolkit

5 Essentials for Your Mental Health Toolkit There are many effective coping mechanisms that we can all use to improve the quality of our lives. I’m going to talk about 5 of these practical tools and strategies, which can help you increase your personal resilience and manage stress or your m...

UK Mental Health Awareness Week 2017

Mental Health Awareness Week This week in the UK it’s Mental Health Awareness Week (8 – 14 May 2017), and the big question being posed is: Are we surviving or are we thriving? To find out more about the campaign, go to mentalhealth.org.uk Mental Health and Wellbeing are the hot topics ri...

5 things EMPLOYERS can do to reduce stress and improve the wellbeing and mental health of their people

Reducing stress and improving wellbeing and mental health: Part 2: 5 things EMPLOYERS can do to reduce stress and improve the wellbeing and mental health of their people In Part 1, we discussed 5 things that we as individuals can do to reduce stress and improve our wellbeing and mental heal...

5 things YOU can do to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and mental health

Reducing stress and improving wellbeing and mental health: Part 1: 5 things YOU can do to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and mental health Are you feeling a little low? Are your energy levels not where they should be? Has the onset of spring not lifted your spirits? Are you unable ...

Mental Health and Wellbeing – what’s the real story?

In 2014/15 stress, anxiety and depression resulted in 9.9 million working days lost, at an estimated social and economic cost of £5.2 billion. Not only are stress and mental health issues damaging to people’s health and wellbeing, but they also impact profitability in many ways, including Reduced...

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G4S Fined £1.8m for Legionella Failings

G4S Cash Solutions have been prosecuted after failing to reduce the risk of Legionnaires’ disease from its water systems. They have been fined £1.8 million + £34k costs. This is one of the highest fines we have seen applied since the inception of the Health & Safety Sentencing Guidelines, w...

How Your Brain Works at Work: Part 3 The Limbic System

Wellbeing, Health and Safety: How Your Brain Works at Work – Part 3, The Limbic System In Part 2 we discussed the importance of saving mental activity for important tasks by avoiding other high energy consuming conscious activities such as emails – e.g. do the important tasks first, when you’r...

How Your Brain Works at Work: Part 2 The Prefrontal Cortex

Wellbeing, Health and Safety: How Your Brain Works at Work – Part 2, The Prefrontal Cortex Few of us realise the limitations our brains have or how that affects us daily. In Part 2, Sarah explains how a really little area of our brain plays a major role in our everyday lives. The [&h...

How Your Brain Works: Part 1 Introduction

Wellbeing, Health and Safety: How Your Brain Works at Work – Part 1, Introduction   Have you ever wondered how your brain works? In this series of videos, you’ll learn key facts about how your brain works so you can get the best out of yourself or your team. Sarah says:   R...