Mental Health and Wellbeing in The Workplace Conference 2025
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Overview
Poor employee mental wellbeing impacts all organisations, small or large. What is clear is that two of the starkest challenges facing the UK, low productivity & workforce participation rates, have been significantly contributed to by poor mental health.
- Poor mental wellbeing costs employers in the UK an estimated £42 billion to £45 billion annually through presenteeism, sickness absence and staff turnover
- In 2022/23, there were an estimated 875,000 workers suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, resulting in 17.1 million working days lost
- Over 1.35 million (53%) of those inactive because of long-term sickness reported that they had depression, bad nerves or anxiety in Q1 2023
Join us at the Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace 2025 Conference where we will be analysing the latest trends, strategies, and policies which can help boost productivity and lessen both presenteeism & absenteeism. Expect to hear from HR & Personnel leaders, Policy leads, and clinical practitioners.
Why Attend?
✓ Gain key insights from experts in education
✓ Keep up to date with policy developments and examination and curriculum changes
✓ Networking opportunities with speakers and senior colleagues from across the education sector
✓ Gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285
Agenda
Registration
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Keynote: Wellbeing at work – a national emergency
- 18 million days a year are lost to mental health alone
- 50% of all sick leave cases in the UK are related to mental health, at a cost of £56 Bil annually
Understand how increasing wellbeing at work not only reduces ailments, but also increases productivity
Keynote: Wellbeing in the health system – unique challenges and considerations, with takeaways for all
- Hear how the NHS and other healthcare / social care providers have been impacted by wellbeing challenges with respect to their unique stresses
- Learn about the concept of ‘moral Injury’ and understand key learnings from combatting this
Gain insight into how stress is combatted in this most stressful of work environments.
Q&A Panel Conversation
Comfort Break
Panel: Strategies for Providing Psychological Safety at work
- Leadership: How can leaders create an atmosphere conducive to psychological safety
- Foster co-operation within teams by emphasising inclusive decision making within your organization
Ensure that all members feel accepted and empowered to raise objections
Lunch
Case Study: Wellbeing in high pressure professions
- Understand the unique challenges facing employees in high pressure roles
- Hear tips which are applicable across the board for employees of all
Beyond Work Life Balance and Towards Satisfaction
- Understand how this is a false dichotomy, especially with the rise of work from home and flexible hours
- Take away actionable strategies to enable harmony in your workforce’s lives
Appreciate everyone is different, with policies which are flexible enough to cater for all employees
Q&A Panel:
Comfort Break
Burnout at work: Strategies for Prevention
- Understand that burnout is as much a physical as it is a mental ailment, and that strategies to combat this must take both aspects into account
- Hear how setting healthy boundaries can lead to greater engagement at work
- Realistic goals and deadlines
Case Study: Preventing Presenteeism & Absenteeism
- With 18 million lost days a year to mental health, hear how preventing absenteeism is a key objective nationally and for your organisation
- Hear how improving wellbeing can lead to fewer sick days and greater productivity
- Ensure that when employees are working, their wellbeing does not get in the way of their productivity
Questions & Answers
Chair’s closing remarks
Conference Close
Previous Speakers
Dr Krystal Wilkinson
Reader (Associate Professor) in Human Resource Management
Manchester Met University
Dr Abigail Morris
Lecturer in Workplace Health and Well Being
Lancaster University
Kim Leadbeater
Co-Chair
APPG Parliamentary Group on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
Andy Bell
Chief Executive
Centre for Mental Health
Rachel Suff
Senior Policy Advisor
CIPD
Dr Shriti Pattani OBE
President, Society of Occupational Medicine, Specialist Clinical Adviser in Organisational Health
NHS England
Pinky Jangra
Resilience & Wellbeing Speaker & Trainer | Change Management Consultant
GOV PD
Testimonials
The mental health in the workplace conference was very informative with lots of ideas and inspiration to take back to my workplace from the engaging and knowledgeable presenters.
Great conference, with speakers who are experts in their fields.
A thought provoking event with very knowledgeable guest speakers and a great chance to network and share best practice.
Walked away inspired to do better in our organisation- and how to do that.
This event was engaging and extremely informative. I was especially pleased it was held online.
An interesting an varied agenda focusing on the importance of health and wellbeing of the workforce.
Why You Should Attend?
✓ Gain key insights from experts in education
✓ Keep up to date with policy developments and examination and curriculum changes
✓ Networking opportunities with speakers and senior colleagues from across the education sector
✓ Gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota
Who Should Attend?
| Job Title Example | Organisation Examples |
| HR Officers | Councils |
| Wellbeing Leads | Universities |
| Policy Officers | Private Companies |
| Academic Support Staff | Charities |
| Business Support Mangers | Government |
| Operation’s Directors | |
Pricing Options
PRIVATE SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
PUBLIC SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
Sponsorship
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IMPORTANT: There are only a small number of sponsorship opportunities available to ensure maximum exposure and ROI – contact us today to secure your place.
Virtual vs F2F
Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:
- Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
- Lower sponsorship package costs
- No travel/accommodation
- Less time out of the office
- No stand materials required (lower costs)
- 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
- Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
- Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
- Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access (coming soon)
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