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Negative impact of business travel revealed

WELLBEING IS a major issue for business travellers, with eight in 10 (81%) saying they have felt negative emotions while on work trips, including stress (22%), anxiety (18%), exhaustion (18%) and loneliness (17%), according to a new Opinium* survey of 500 UK business travellers commissioned by World Travel Protection, a leading global travel assistance organisation.

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Start the conversation about mental health

SEPTEMBER 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2022, an annual awareness day created to establish worldwide commitment and action on suicide prevention. With over 6,221 suicides registered in the UK in 2020 alone and on average two construction workers taking their own lives every working day, it is vital we open up this conversation.

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RCN calls for ‘continued vigilance’

THE DEPARTMENT of Health and Social Care has announced that asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 has been be paused in all remaining settings including health care. This came into effect o 31 August.

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Findings reveal true extent of workplace wellbeing issues

A WORRYING number of workers (86%) admit they have too much work to be able to move during the working day, with chronic stress and anxiety becoming increasingly prevalent, according to a new report by Magic Mountain, supported by CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity).

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Hybrid working takes toll on backs

LONGER WORKING hours coupled with poor hybrid working posture have led to an explosion in back problems – with almost two-thirds of younger working adults now having ‘covid back’.

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