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Lauren Gilmour

'Breaking point' nurse wanted to be in car crash so she didn't have to go to work

A nurse said she wanted to be in a car crash so she would not have to go to work, research into the mental health of NHS staff found.

More than 74,000 NHS staff across Scotland have missed work with mental illness in the last five years.

Some 74,013 workers have taken time off due to anxiety, stress, depression or other mental illnesses since 2018, responses to requests by the party to all of Scotland's 14 health boards show, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.

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