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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lauren Gilmour

Concern as 74,000 nurses in Scotland miss work due to mental illness

PA Wire

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.

Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives show more than 74,000 NHS staff across Scotland have missed work with mental illness in the last five years.

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