UK companies lose ￡40 billion a year to poor sleep
Lindsay Browning
Best selling sleep author, sleep tourism, keynote speaker, neuroscientist, therapist and sleep consultant at Trouble Sleeping
Insufficient sleep causes the UK to lose ￡40 billion a year (1.86% of the UK GDP) according to a 2016 study by RAND “Why sleep matters - the economic costs of insufficient sleep”.
The report found that someone who sleeps less than 6 hours per night takes an additional 6 days off work per year compared to a worker sleeping 7-9 hours per night.
The header image above summarises the findings from the report on a world map, showing the impact in Canada, the US, the UK, Germany and Japan. Read the full report here: RAND 2016 Sleep report.
There has been recent media interest in the importance of wellbeing both individually and in the workplace. The NHS has guidance for mental health, stress and wellbeing in the workplace. A Chartered Institute of Personnel Directors (CIPD) survey found that the number of people suffering from mental health problems at work (including anxiety, stress and depression) has risen from a quarter to a third over the past five years. Despite this, fewer than one in 10 of UK organisations have a standalone wellbeing strategy.
Trouble Sleeping (www.troublesleeping.co.uk/corporations) offers “lunch and learn” talks for businesses. These lunch hour talks include a presentation on sleep, insomnia, sleep tips (including how to deal with jet-lag and shift work) and children’s sleep, plus an opportunity for your staff to ask questions about their personal sleep issues. Trouble Sleeping is run by Dr Lindsay Browning who is a Chartered Psychologist and sleep expert with a doctorate in insomnia from the University of Oxford.
Contact Trouble Sleeping to arrange one of our lunchtime wellbeing talks for your business, where tips and advice for sleeping well are offered by sleep expert Dr Lindsay Browning. The talk is typically a 40 minute presentation with time afterwards for staff to ask questions.
Alternatively ask us for a tailored service for your business.
Lunch and learn Sleep Talk given by Dr Lindsay Browning
Copyright Trouble Sleeping June 26th 2018