Mental health issues fuel increase in work days lost to sickness
Workers in the South West took nearly 13million days off due to sickness last year – and the number is increasing as mental health issues take their toll.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2018, 12.5million working days were lost because of sickness or injury in the region.
That’s an average of 4.5 days per worker, above the national rate of 4.4 days each.…
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