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Wellbeing | Over 200m working hours lost to medical appointments

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Over 200m working hours lost to medical appointments

More than 200million working hours each year are lost to healthcare appointments, new research has found.

The study, which was conducted by the employee benefits provider Unum, estimated that this figure translated to £900million in paid sick leave.

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