Union boss says NHS Ayrshire and Arran staff are struggling after almost 200,000 hours are lost

[Northerner]

NHS Ayrshire and Arran lost nearly 200,000 working hours due to work-related stress, depression and anxiety last year.

The figures were uncovered by the GMB union through a Freedom of Information request.

It was told employees had been absent for 198,162 hours due to stress.

The union’s Scottish organiser Paul Arkison said: “These figures seem extraordinarily high but mirror exactly what our members in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran have been telling us for some time now.

“Due to staff shortages and extra demands that are being placed on them, many hard-working hospital staff are struggling to cope and, sadly for many of them, they need to take time off to recover. This is leaving the remaining staff struggling to provide a service with limited resources.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/nhs-ayrshire-hospital-staff-stress-10217864

 

[mikeyB]

So that'll be about three or four sick days off per employee on average over the year. About the same as any other job.