Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from 11 to 17 May 2026. This is an opportunity for employers to review and refocus their efforts on supporting employee mental health and show what they have in place to support their workforce.

According to recent data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an estimated 148.8m working days were lost because of sickness or injury in 2025.

On average, there were 4.4 days lost per worker, and 8.9% of those occurrences were because of mental health conditions.