Do you take mental health sick leave?
Brian Webster Critical care nurse, Intensive care unit in Scotland
Nurses’ mental ill health is pushing up sickness absence, yet many staff struggle into work because of insensitive workplace policy
NHS sickness absence rates are rising, with mental ill health a leading cause. The NHS needs to have policies and procedures in place to function effectively but do these policies function as they should, especially in relation to mental health?
Nursing Standard.
39, 1, 27-27.
doi: 10.7748/ns.39.1.27.s14
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