{"id":22907,"date":"2014-03-26T18:13:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/united-kingdom-mental-health-problems-cost-about-70-billion-pounds-per-year\/"},"modified":"2014-03-26T18:13:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:13:15","slug":"united-kingdom-mental-health-problems-cost-about-70-billion-pounds-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/united-kingdom-mental-health-problems-cost-about-70-billion-pounds-per-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Mental health problems cost about 70 billion pounds per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of mental health problems is equivalent to about 4.5% of GDP, in the form of lost productivity at work, benefit payments and healthcare expenditure. These figures come from a report published by the OECD which considers it essential for the United Kingdom to improve its policies for handling patients suffering from a mental health problem in order to promote their return to the workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About 370,000 Britons, or 1% of the working-age population, receive disability benefits each year. That is twice as much as the average for the 34 other OECD member countries. Moreover, 40% of new applications for disability benefits are made by people suffering mental health problems.<\/p>\n<p> The OECD recommends that the United Kingdom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supervise the efficiency of the Health and Work Service. This new service, which came into effect on 1 January 2014, provides advice and support for employers whose employees are on sick leave for more than four weeks. A very special effort should also be made concerning the mental health of employees returning to their work stations;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make better allowance for the mental health-related problems of insured in various government departments;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the resources of the organizations in charge of the return to the workplace of the unemployed, so that they may have the means to pay special attention to job-seekers suffering from mental health problems;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve the synergies between healthcare organizations and organizations in charge of job-seekers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Extend access to psychotherapies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The OECD has already published several reports on mental health and employment concerning Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of mental health problems is equivalent to about 4.5% of GDP, in the form of lost productivity at work, benefit payments and healthcare expenditure. 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