In the modern world, stress may seem an increasingly typical part of day-to-day life, however, when it spirals out of control and affects a person on a long-term basis, this can lead to a range of serious health conditions. In the United Kingdom being stressed is common, especially among young adults, with 86 percent of people aged between 18 and 24 years
, as of 2021. Personal health was the third
at that time, after not getting enough sleep and money, and Northern Ireland was the region with the highest share of respondents stressed by their health.
Work-related stress and absences
In 2021, work in general and workload were among the most common causes of stress in the UK. In Great Britain, roughly 875,000 workers reported work-related stress, depression, or anxiety between 2022 and 2023. In 2022, around 12 percent of Britons declared feeling very stressed at work, while 40 percent were fairly stressed.
Causes for stress at work include high workload, as well as non-work factors such as relationships and family. Excessive stress can result in stress-related work absence and burnout. As of 2023, stress was the fifth most common cause for
short-term absences from work in the UK, and fourth when considering long-term absences.
Stress among healthcare workers
In 2023, over one-fourth of
NHS bank workers reported feeling unwell as a result of work-related stress in the last 12 months. Variations were observed across occupation groups. Medical and dental staff were the ones with the highest percentage of people feeling unwell due to work-related stress, with over 35 percent, while administration and clerical staff reported the lowest share. Among
general practitioners in the UK, 71 percent reported having an extremely stressful or very stressful job in 2022, an increase of 11 percentage points compared to 2019.
GPs reporting feeling completely burned out totaled four percent, while six percent had continuous symptoms of burnout.
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