Today is National Stress Awareness Day

The 2nd November,has been declared by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and International Stress Management Association UK to be National Stress Awareness Day

* About half a million people feel that stress is making them ill;
* Up to 5 million people in the UK feel over stressed by their work;
* 12.8 million working days were lost last year
* The financial costs to society are estimated at £3.8 billion a year.

NSAD is an annual event organised by the International Stress Management Association UK (ISMA UK). The purpose of NSAD is to raise awareness of stress and ways to tackle it.

* To introduce the HSE Management Standards and explore how they can be best introduced in your organisation
* To learn about the long term business benefits of effectively managing work-related stress
* To share good practice and lessons learnt with others
* To explain the HSE Stress Programme’s plan of work and how you can get involved

HSE Information available here