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Health: Mental health and suicide
|Date: 30 April, 2025

Health: Mental health and suicide
© Jamie/ Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon discusses an issue that has tragic resonance in the constructio ...
© Jamie/ Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon discusses an issue that has tragic resonance in the construction industry This month’s column is about suicide. There’s no point in beating about the bush wit ...
30 April, 2025
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1.5m UK construction workers at risk from poor mental health
|Date: 14 May, 2024

1.5m UK construction workers at risk from poor mental health
Half of all UK construction workers, or 1.5m people have worked in a dangerous environment while sufferin ...
Half of all UK construction workers, or 1.5m people have worked in a dangerous environment while suffering poor mental health and close to 700,000 suffered injuries, according to new research from bus ...
14 May, 2024
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Four in five UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work 
|Date: 13 May, 2024

Four in five UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work 
More than four in five (82%) UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work-related issues ...
More than four in five (82%) UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work-related issues The research was commissioned for Mental Health Awareness Week (13th-19th May) by IronmongeryD ...
13 May, 2024
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Recognising the importance of mental health should not be a tick box exercise
|Date: 9 May, 2024

Recognising the importance of mental health should not be a tick box exercise
Speedy Hire is raising awareness of the importance of mental health in the construction industry and high ...
Speedy Hire is raising awareness of the importance of mental health in the construction industry and highlighting the work being done to help. Awareness of mental health and wellbeing across society h ...
9 May, 2024
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The Big Brew helpline continues to be there for those struggling with mental health
|Date: 13 October, 2023

The Big Brew helpline continues to be there for those struggling with mental health
Three in ten of the texts to a new mental health helpline service set up specifically for the UK construc ...
Three in ten of the texts to a new mental health helpline service set up specifically for the UK construction industry are cries for help from tradespeople who are thinking about ending their own live ...
13 October, 2023
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Phoenix Health & Safety talks mental health for World Suicide Prevention Day
|Date: 5 September, 2023

Phoenix Health & Safety talks mental health for World Suicide Prevention Day
According to the most recent ONS data, construction is the industry with the highest rate of suicide. In ...
According to the most recent ONS data, construction is the industry with the highest rate of suicide. In 2021, 507 construction workers took their own lives - the equivalent of two workers every day[1 ...
5 September, 2023
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Show Garden exploring mental health in construction scoops prestigious RHS awards
|Date: 21 July, 2023

Show Garden exploring mental health in construction scoops prestigious RHS awards
Mental health in construction was the key theme behind a show garden that scooped two prestigious awards ...
Mental health in construction was the key theme behind a show garden that scooped two prestigious awards at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in July. The garden, named ‘Constructing Minds’, was the br ...
21 July, 2023
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How Band of Builders continues to tackle mental health
|Date: 18 April, 2023

How Band of Builders continues to tackle mental health
Builders’ charity expands counselling service in a bid to halt the rising suicide rate amongst UK constru ...
Builders’ charity expands counselling service in a bid to halt the rising suicide rate amongst UK construction industry workers Band of Builders, a national builders’ charity has expanded the support ...
18 April, 2023
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