The rate of sickness absence among Edinburgh Council 's workforce rose over the last year with stress, depression and anxiety the most common reasons given.
New figures on staff well-being show that the council lost 197,656 days due to absences between July 2021 and the end of June, which is equivalent to 718 full time employees.
This is up almost a fifth from the same period in 2020/21 when 166,725 days were lost.
