Three-quarters of UK organisations expect employee mental health to improve in 2023 as they open up about mental health
LONDON, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Koa Health, a leading global provider of digital mental healthcare solutions, today published new survey results on 2023 mental health trends, revealing HR's perceptions of employee mental health in the UK amid continued socio-economic uncertainty and their supporting organisational investments and strategies for next year.
- New research from Koa Health finds that 77% of companies have experienced more uptake in employee mental health benefits in the last year; Nearly all organisations have plans to support manager mental health training in 2023.
- Nearly all (93%) of UK organisations are offering their employees mental health benefits of some kind and 77% of respondents report that their employees are using mental health benefits more now compared with the beginning of the year.
- Despite an evolving appetite to support mental health and an optimistic sentiment toward the outcomes of such programmes, the research also found that although nearly all companies offer mental health benefits, mental health is not a cultural priority for two-fifths (40%) of UK organisations.
- Further, only 39% of executive leadership teams are expected to authorise additional spending on employee mental health in 2023.