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UK: Neglect of teachers' health is 'a national scandal'
Three in ten UK teachers (30 per cent) say they have turned to medication in the last 12 months to deal with the physical and mental toll their job is taking on them, a survey by teaching union NASUWT has found.
- More than four in ten (41 per cent) have seen a doctor or medical professional, while 15 per cent say they have undergone counselling.
- More than three quarters (78 per cent) of teachers report they have experienced an increase in workplace stress over the past 12 months,
- More than four out of five (84 per cent) saying their job has impacted negatively on their health and well-being over the last year.
- Almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of teachers also feel their job has adversely affected their mental health and
- over half (54 per cent) feel it has affected their physical health.
The survey also found that in the last 12 months as a result of their job:
- 77 per cent of respondents had experienced anxiety;
- 85 per cent had suffered from loss of sleep;
- 22 per cent had increased their use of alcohol;
- nine per cent had suffered a relationship breakdown; and
- three per cent had self-harmed.
- Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) had seriously considered leaving the teaching profession.
NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said: "These figures are an appalling catalogue of dedicated and committed teachers suffering damage to their physical and mental health. It is clear that too many employers are failing to exercise their duty of care for the health and welfare of their employees and are presiding over mental and physical burnout." She added: "It is nothing short of a national scandal that those who are dedicating themselves to giving a future to children and young people are seeing their own lives damaged by the failure of government and employers to take their health and welfare seriously. The time has come to end the culture of the 'anything goes' style of management where any adverse impact on teachers is regarded as collateral damage."
Read more: NASUWT news release. TES. Is Mental Health First Aid the answer? Depends on the question. Hugh Robertson, Hazards magazine, number 141, 2018. Source: Risks 843
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