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The problem For your people

People are struggling long before anyone notices.

964,000
UK workers actively suffering from work-related stress, depression, or anxiety.HSE, 2024/25
409,000
new cases in a single year — up 36% on the year before.HSE, 2024/25

Most of it stays hidden until it arrives as a fit note or a resignation.

The impact For your business

You’re paying for it before it shows in your numbers.

£24bn
a year lost to presenteeism — the largest share of the £51bn poor mental health costs UK employers.Deloitte, 2024
22.1M
working days lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety.HSE, 2024/25

Absence and turnover are lagging indicators. By the time they move, the cost is already sunk.

Regulators are watching too. In December 2025, HSE issued a Notice of Contravention to a UK university for failing to manage work-related stress — its risk assessment was too generic to identify higher-risk roles.

The solution

Baseline

See people risk before it shows up in your numbers.

What it does

A comprehensive assessment that every employee completes. It measures nine human capability pillars and gives your organisation, and each department within it, a Human Capability Index™ score. Results are reported at group level only, so individual answers stay anonymous.

Colleagues seated along a long meeting table in front of a screen showing the Baseline website

How Baseline solves it

  1. Burnout risk, by department

    TodayYou find out about burnout from a fit note or a resignation.

    With BaselineEach department shows its share of people at Green, Amber and Red risk. You see pressure building in a department months earlier — while it’s still a conversation, not a case.

  2. A leading indicator, not a lagging one

    TodayAbsence and turnover data tell you what went wrong last quarter.

    With BaselineNine pillars measure the everyday behaviours behind wellbeing and performance now, and flag the teams least likely to speak up.

  3. Risk and need, by department

    TodayTraining is spread across the whole catalogue, with no clear view of where the risk sits.

    With BaselineA Human Capability Index™ for the organisation and each department shows which pillars are weakest and where the risks are building — so the right training reaches the departments that need it most.

  4. Honest answers, board-ready insight

    TodayRisk assessments are generic and people hold back in surveys.

    With BaselineGroup-level reporting with a minimum group size gets honest answers, and your Organisational Insight Report pinpoints the higher-risk teams.

What Baseline measures

Nine pillars. One clear picture.

Each pillar is a set of everyday behaviours that shape how safely, healthily and effectively people work. Select a pillar to see what it covers.

Wellbeing &BurnoutAttention &FocusLearningReadinessWorkplaceEnvironmentLife Skills &PersonalEffectivenessCommunication &CollaborationLeadership &InfluenceEquity &InclusionPhysicalWellbeing 9 PillarsBaseline
  • Wellbeing & Burnout

    Energy, recovery and boundaries, and how pressure is affecting people day to day.

  • Attention & Focus

    Concentration, recovering from interruptions, prioritising and managing digital noise.

  • Learning Readiness

    Openness to change, ownership of development and confidence with the unfamiliar.

  • Workplace Environment

    Support, role clarity, resources, workload and psychological safety.

  • Life Skills & Personal Effectiveness

    Time management, follow-through, decision-making and self-awareness.

  • Communication & Collaboration

    Clear communication, listening, handling conflict and working across difference.

  • Leadership & Influence

    Influencing without authority, developing others and leading through change.

  • Equity & Inclusion

    The everyday behaviours that make fair treatment and belonging real.

  • Physical Wellbeing

    The physical health habits that underpin energy and performance.

Baseline+

From knowing to improving.

See the risk before it costs you.

Better for your people. Better for your business. Start with Baseline, or book a walkthrough of both.