
Why Taking A Risk-Based Approach to Workplace Mental Health is Crucial with Laura Thomas
The UK Psych Health and Safety Podcast
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The Risk Assessment of Health and Safety Issues
Mental health, erm and stress are very much risk assessed in the same way any other health and safety issues. 17 point nine million days lost to work tstress, and 828 thousand people off one week into pandemic. Health and safety law is prevention, not cure. It's to prevent illness occurring. And it's about acting, acting to prevent. Laura: I think its a ri o elipent point. People think that health and safety law only really engaged when there is an incident. That is not the case. We have yet to take a physical case where itexclusively on stress sowll,. Because it will be e, stress will be a component of
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