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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Dougal Sutherland: The need for mental health support in the workplace, the financial cost of cutting it
Description: 2024 was a hard year for many. If you didn’t lose your job, you might have spent a lot of time worrying about losing your job or ending up in the unenviable position of trying to do more with less! It’s not surprising that there are high rates of anxiety, stress, and burnout in the workforce. However, at the same time I’ve noticed over the past 12 months a bit of a worrying trend in workplaces to dial back on things that support staff mental health and wellbeing. There are some suggestions this is because in a tight...