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As the UK exits its first month in lockdown, isolation is taking its toll. Data from the Academy of Medical Sciences, which was released earlier this week, details the mental toll that the coronavirus is having on the wellbeing of people within the UK.
24% of respondents to the medical study stated that they had mental health concerns over the lack of contact with others and the threat of isolation as the UK Government recently announced the extension of the currently-mandated lockdown for a further three-week period. Many fear that their personal and professional relationships are under stress and that the further continuation of the lockdown within the UK will deepen these woes.
And whilst this is far from exclusively a professional issue, businesses are pushing to ensure that worker wellbeing is considered in their measures; the likes of Apple, TSB and Twitter, amongst a raft of other high-profile companies, have publicly announced their commitment to offering mental health support and increased childcare measures, whilst the use of tools such as Zoom and Skype have increased tenfold as people attempt to find solutions to the looming issue of isolation. Yet whilst many major steps have been taken, some are offering more leftfield approaches to spreading mental wellbeing amongst the corporate world.
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