Fostering workplace mental health and wellbeing is essential for employee engagement and organisational performance. In November 2023, the Health and Safety Executive published its annual statistics for 2022/23 and found that the UK faced a significant loss of 35 million working days due to work-related ill health and non-fatal workplace injuries. With an estimated annual cost surpassing £20 billion, this emphasises the urgent need for businesses to prioritise health and safety in the workplace. The implications, ranging from fines to increased insurance premiums, lost productivity, and other costly consequences, underscore the critical importance of maintaining robust health and safety practices.

Employers have come to recognise that a happy and healthy workforce leads to increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, and significant cost savings, but workplace discontent can harm employees' physical and mental health.

The Institute of Government & Public Policy has earned a reputation for delivering insightful and thought-provoking health and wellbeing conferences. Now in its fifth iteration, the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Conference 2024 has been designed around key themes, such as building a stand-alone wellbeing strategy, measuring wellbeing in the workplace and tackling challenges associated with flexible and remote working - all through keynote presentations, immersive demonstrations, case studies on best practice, and insightful debates.

Join us for the Sixth Workplace Health and Wellbeing Conference 2024, an exciting, educational and practice-enhancing event that will showcase best practices, address barriers to change, and explore the future of work. Register your interest today to avoid disappointment.