Surge in Work‑Related Ill‑Health Drives Demand for Mental Wellbeing Training.
Work‑related ill‑health and injury led to 40.1 million lost workdays in 2024/2025, with mental health conditions the leading cause. Of these, 22.1 million days were lost to stress, depression, or anxiety, according to the Health & Safety Regulator’s annual report.
Remote First Aid supports organisations facing this year‑on‑year rise. Our trainers deliver high‑quality, compliant mental‑wellbeing and first aid programmes at your venue, on dates and times that suit your teams.
By equipping staff to spot early signs of colleagues struggling with their mental health, organisations can reduce avoidable absence, strengthen wellbeing, and build a safer, more supportive workplace.
Remote First Aid and Pre-Hospital Training delivers mental health courses to help improve wellbeing across workplaces and communities.
Remote First Aid and Pre-Hospital Training supports employers in treating mental health first aid with the same priority as physical first aid across all sectors, including agriculture, construction, outdoor education, offshore workers, transport, warehousing, and retail, which have seen the largest thought to be linked to increasing violence and aggression towards shop staff.
Remote First Aid and Pre-Hospital Training trains hundreds of people in mental health first aid each year and believes businesses should embed it into their core operations.
Peter Cook lead trainer and Mental Health Diploma holder, said: “If it’s normal for me to be quite chirpy, to be early, to be on the ball first thing in the morning…and then I come in, and I look bedraggled, and I look stressed, and I’m snappy…that would be a good time just to say, is everything all right?”
Mr Cook highlights the recent data above in our headline from the Health and Safety Executive showing that 22.1 million workdays are lost each year due to mental health issues.
“You think for all of those statistics, for all of those numbers, there’s a person, there are people at the heart of that, who are at home not able to work because they are struggling.”
Remote First Aid & Pre‑Hospital Training delivers Mental Health First Aid courses that empower people to recognise and respond to signs of mental distress until professional help is available. From its Chepstow headquarters, our team supports organisations across Wales and the UK, helping build safer, more supportive workplaces. Our suite of Mental Health training courses can be viewed at Mental wellbeing courses – Remote First Aid