Emerging issueUKWellbeing leads

HSE annual work-related ill health statistics due

Date All of November 2026By WorkblissUpdated October 19, 2026

What’s happening

HSE's 2025/26 Great Britain statistics are due in November; last year's showed 964,000 workers with work-related stress, depression or anxiety and 22.1 million working days lost, and HSE is stressing employers' legal duty to assess and control stress risks.

What to do

Compare the new figures with your absence data and refresh your stress risk assessment using HSE's free Working Minds tools.

How Workbliss can help

Workbliss runs stress, resilience and mental health programs, plus manager training on spotting early signs, across your locations.

Plan support for your teams

Source

gov.uk. Checked October 19, 2026.