Make mental safety equal at work with physical safety

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Make mental safety equal at work with physical safety

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Require Mental Health Injuries be included in the prescribed ‘reportable incidents’ listed in the RIDDOR regime and appropriate Health and Safety Executive resources allocated to the preventative inspection and investigation of reported cases.

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The Health and Safety at Work Act requires: “the provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable ... adequate as regards ... arrangements for their welfare at work.”

Despite this, mental Injuries aren't reportable under RIDDOR because “stress-related conditions usually result from a prolonged period of pressure, often from many factors, rather than just one distinct event”.

This is inconsistent with e.g. cancers.

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