Mind’s 2025 report is clear: we need better mental health data. Across workplaces, universities, charities and government bodies, decision-makers are often working with incomplete, inconsistent or outdated information. Without clarity, it’s hard to understand the scale of need or what isn't working.
Source: https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our-policy-work/the-big-mental-health-report
Universities need mental health tools that work at scale, proactively and with insight. Galea helps by offering a private self-check platform for students, equipping wellbeing teams with structured assessment tools and providing aggregated, anonymised data that reveal campus-wide patterns, preventing students from falling through the cracks.
1 in 4 university students in the UK now has a diagnosed mental health condition. Even more concerning, 30% say their mental health has worsened since starting university. Universities need better tools to understand the scale of the issue and deliver early, accessible support.
Half of employees in the UK say they feel more engaged and productive when their organisation offers mental health support, whether that’s counselling, wellbeing programmes or early-help tools. It’s a reminder that the right resources don’t just reduce distress; they help people thrive. When support is visible and easy to access, everyone benefits.
Source: https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/blog/Key-workplace-mental-health-statistics-for-2024
Support that’s reactive is no longer enough. Organisations need early, scalable engagement to truly support their people.
Galea provides a private, stigma-free self-check tool for employees, while supporting EAPs and HR teams with organisation-wide insights.
Proactive support can help reduce lost working days, burnout, and disengagement.
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Work-related stress, depression and anxiety led to 17.1 million lost working days last year. Behind every lost day is a person trying to cope with more than the job description. Work is a major part of life and when mental health suffers, everything suffers.
Source: https://www.livecareer.co.uk/career-advice/work-related-stress
There’s still a long road ahead, but there are encouraging signs that change is possible in how children and young people are supported.
In some parts of the UK, thoughtful service redesign and better coordination have helped improve access, reduce waiting times and strengthen the quality of care. Progress isn’t consistent everywhere, but these examples show that when systems evolve with care and collaboration, better outcomes can follow.
Getting support is important, but getting the right support can matter even more. Galea helps by offering structured, consistent assessments supported by peer benchmarking across thousands of anonymised journeys. This collective insight helps identify concerns that might otherwise be missed and ensures each young person’s needs are understood with clarity and context. Better understanding means better referral. Better referral means better care.
More than 1 in 5 children and young people now have a diagnosable mental-health problem. But with limited capacity, the NHS is only able to support around 40% and even fewer receive the right care for them. The gap isn’t only access. Its accuracy, timing, and matching needs to support.
Source: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/future-minds
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme was Community, a reminder that even when the statistics feel daunting, connection matters. While the challenges ahead are big and systemic, there’s something powerful we can all do right now. Reaching out, checking in, and talking openly about mental health. Community support doesn’t replace the need for better systems, but it does reduce suffering and sometimes the smallest conversations make the biggest difference.
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