Labour says data reveals ‘mental health crisis at the heart of Whitehall’, as unions say staff cuts and low pay among reasons
Whitehall civil servants took a record 771,433 days of sick leave last year because of stress and other mental health problems, figures show.
This all-time high number of mental health sick days taken by officials working for government departments was 38% higher than the 558,125 recorded just a year before.
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