Webinar - Work-Related Stress: When “Just Busy” Becomes a Risk

How to recognise the warning signs and tackle the pressures built into work. Another late finish. A deadline brought forward. Two managers needing the same person urgently. Each is easy to dismiss as “just a busy period”. When the same pressures keep returning, they deserve a closer look. In 2024/25, work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 22.1 million working days lost in the UK, more than any other category of work-related ill health. Work-related stress can build through excessive demands, unclear priorities, limited control and poorly managed change. Assessing the risk means examining how work is designed and managed, alongside the support available to individuals. Where is the pressure coming from? Who is affected? What can be changed? Join Toby Bidwell CMIOSH FIIRSM, Health & Safety Director at Phoenix Health & Safety, for a practical webinar built around realistic workplace scenarios. Toby will show you how to investigate the causes of pressure and decide what action to take. You’ll learn how to: • Spot patterns that suggest pressure is becoming a work-related stress risk • Investigate what is driving those patterns through conversations and information you already have • Identify practical changes to workloads, priorities or ways of working • Review whether the actions taken have made a difference This webinar is for health and safety, HR and operations professionals, and managers responsible for teams.