Huge surge in stress-related illness in the NHS as staff report growing anxiety over underfunding and understaffing Stress and anxiety amongst NHS workers has rocketed, with new figures exposing a surge in the amount of sick time off needed by health staff.
Figures from NHS Digital, seen by ITV News, reveal that last year NHS staff took almost 100,000 more days off due to stress than they did six years ago.
And in acute medicine, which treats the most serious and urgent cases, the number of sick days taken has soared by 35%.
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