Self-reported injuries and ill-health in the workplace costed the UK a total of £22.9 billion in 2023/24, of which £16.4bn came from cases of work-related ill health, excluding long latency illness such as cancer.
According to the UK Government's Health and Safety Executive department, around 40.1 million working days were lost due to work-related ill health and workplace non-fatal injury in 2024/25. A total of 1.9m workers suffered from work-related ill health in 2024/25, whether it be new or long-standing cases. Specifically, 730,000 workers reported a new case of work-related ill-health, with 35.7m working days of the total 40.1m lost due to work-related ill health in 2024/25. Breaking the data down, work-related stress, depression or anxiety – including new or long-standing cases – were ...
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