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...Sir Norman Lamb, chair of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, said that mental health was a “massively under-recognised contributor” to both “our productivity problem” and the drop-off in...
...Yet many older people remain uncomfortable with discussing, let alone seeking help for, mental health issues....
...He had a chronic mental health condition, suffering from depression and anxiety, and had on occasion taken extended leave because of his mental health, according to the ruling....
...But not all mental health support is effective, either. There may be more understanding by employers of how it affects productivity and more initiatives to support employees....
...South London and Maudsley (SLAM), the second-largest mental health trust in the UK, spent nearly £4mn discharging patients to hotels and B&Bs in 2022-23, up from £1.3mn the year before, according to data...
...She pointed out that men, on average, wait twice as long as women to seek mental health support....
...Peltz donated to Tim Scott’s presidential primary bid last year, before the South Carolina senator dropped out of the Republican race and endorsed Trump....
...That rise is because of mental ill health....
...Menopause has risen up employers’ agenda, encouraged by a growing acceptance that once-private issues, such as mental health, have an impact on working life....
...UK employers lost the equivalent of 50 days of work per employee last year because of poor physical and mental health — only slightly down on peak levels in 2022 at the tail-end of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
...There will be serious social problems relating to health insurance, public pensions, education and military manpower.”...
...Jaime Harrison, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, rushed to his defence on Thursday night with a post on X citing some of Biden’s speeches in Pennsylvania and South Carolina this year, and...
...By 2029, the factory is expected to generate $4.2bn in economic activity, according to a study by the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business....
...Regulators are worried that a reward programme that offers points and vouchers to users of its TikTok Lite app in France and Spain is addictive and harmful to children’s mental health....
...His wife Vicky Flind, who confirmed his identity as the person at the centre of the allegations after weeks of speculation, said Edwards had as a result suffered serious mental health issues....
...But the percentage of US employees who say they feel burned out very often or always still stood at more than one in four earlier this year....
...The result is that small and medium enterprises, which employ more than 80 per cent of the South Korean labour force, have less money to invest in their employees or infrastructure, exacerbating low productivity...
...During the South Carolina rally, Trump also mocked the husband of Nikki Haley, his top rival for the Republican nomination....
...On Saturday, ahead of a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump called Haley “Birdbrain” — after she had questioned his mental fitness to hold office — and accused the former South Carolina governor of...
...Unsurprisingly, 96 per cent of chief executives think they are “doing enough” for their employees’ mental health. They are certainly spending enough to signal that they care about their staff....
...Although life in Kyiv can appear normal to visitors, with shoppers queueing to buy dresses and its bars often packed, many Ukrainians are grappling with financial troubles and mental health issues linked...
...Research in the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that people taking “mental health days” were more likely to report problems at work, as well as mental health issues....
...“They’ve really been pushing $40 [an hour] and free health insurance.”...
...If Haley loses in New Hampshire, the GOP primary race could essentially come down to South Carolina’s election on February 24....
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