Strong foundations? Mental health in the construction industry

Accord­ing to the most up-to-date num­bers from the Office for Nation­al Sta­tis­tics, 589 trades­peo­ple died by sui­cide in 2020 in Eng­land and Wales, near­ly two every day. From Covid to the cost of liv­ing cri­sis, the peo­ple who build our homes and cities are strug­gling from increas­ing exter­nal pres­sures and mount­ing lev­els of stress and depres­sion. So just how big is the prob­lem and what should employ­ers be doing to help?