The extent of stress - According to the Health and Safety
Executive, in 2005:
more than 500,000 people in the UK believed they were
experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making
them ill
245,000 people first became aware of work-related stress,
depression or anxiety in the previous 12 months
15% of all working individuals thought their job was very or
extremely stressful, a slight reduction on the previous year
stress remains the primary hazard of concern for workers.
However, levels of such concern have fallen significantly
since 1998.