Deloitte's 2026 Human Capital Trends report found 76% of UK workers blame their flagging wellbeing on being run ragged by constant change at work, well above the 68% global figure. This includes the sort of exhausted, overwhelmed people who eventually end up in your waiting room, whatever your practice type.
Practices spend a lot of time treating the fallout from workplaces that never sit still, so it helps to know the fallout has a number attached to it now.
| Original Research | Deloitte's global HR survey found UK employees feel more battered by workplace upheaval than workers almost anywhere else it asked. |
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| Source | https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/about/press-room/key-uk-findings-from-the-2026-deloitte-human-capital-trends-repo.html |
| Overview | Deloitte surveyed the workforce internationally on how change, AI adoption and culture shifts are landing on people, then broke out the UK numbers. |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publisher | Brand, Deloitte UK |
| Relevance to Wellbeing | It's a workforce study rather than a study of anyone booking a session with a coach or therapist, but it confirms the burnout backdrop those clients are walking in from. |
| Our Verdict | Too early to tell a solid, large-scale finding, but it measures employees in general, not people already seeking wellbeing support. |
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| Our Geo View | Applies broadly to all countries, though the standout 76% figure is specifically UK; the underlying pattern of change fatigue turns up in most of the countries Deloitte surveyed. |
Deloitte's latest global workforce report says UK employees feel more knackered by non-stop workplace change than most other countries surveyed.
Deloitte UK, press release accompanying the 2026 Deloitte Human Capital Trends report. Not paywalled; the key UK findings are published directly by Deloitte.
Credibility flags: large international employer/employee survey, sample size not disclosed in the press release itself, publisher is a global professional services firm reporting on its own research.
A relevance score out of 100, built from three things: how well it fits the six practice types, how recent it is, and how solid the methodology behind it is.
Marked down a touch on practice fit, since this is workforce research rather than a study of wellbeing-service clients, though it scores well on recency and reasonably on method confidence given the scale of Deloitte's survey.
| Practice type | Relevance | Recommended action |
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| Coaching | High | Reference the stat when discussing burnout with employed clients. |
| Therapy | High | Use it as social proof that work-driven exhaustion is common and treatable. |
| Training | Medium | Cite it when pitching resilience or change-management workshops to employers. |
| Alternative Healing | Medium | Fold it into messaging about recovery from overload, without overclaiming. |
| Clinical | Medium | Note it as context in intake conversations about work-related stress. |
| Retreat/Centre | Medium | Use it to justify "digital and change detox" positioning. |
Best before: Revisit when Deloitte publishes its next Human Capital Trends report, or sooner if a primary methodology document surfaces worth checking against. See Deloitte UK.
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