Staff across the country, including those at insurers Allianz, Lloyd's and WPA, are going to de-stress themselves by slipping on their slippers and switching off their emails this week.

Friday February 1st has been proclaimed 'Samaritans Stress Down Day' as a way of highlighting the detrimental effects of stress on people's well being.

Over 80 per cent of workers say they would rather phone in sick saying they had the flu or another problem rather than admitting they were stressed.

Television presenter Graham Norton, a Samaritans ambassador, urges people to talk about work pressures and take better care of their emotional health.

He said: "It is very important that there is a service like Samaritans out there, somebody people can turn to when things are really bleak and can’t manage to put things in perspective for themselves.

"It’s fantastic that no matter what time of day or night it is, there is someone to bounce off and assure you that this stressful time will pass."

The Samaritans says that a third of UK workers cannot get to sleep at night through anxiety and three-quarters cannot 'switch off' when they leave their office.

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