Number of those signed off has risen in last three years
Nearly 90 teaching staff on Island were signed off work due to stress or mental health matters in a one-year period up until last month.
In the House of Keys today, the education minister stated 43 primary staff and 45 secondary or UCM staff were absent for those reasons between March 2022 and February this year.
That compares to 69 staff being given time off for the same reason during the twelve months before that, and 49 employees between March 2020 and February 2021.
Julie Edge was asked today what government is doing to tackle these rising numbers:
Government plans to withdraw interest from reserve fund no longer required
Medical cannabis should be 'holistic', says pharmacistÂ
Peel Commissioners not adding 'discretionary' one percent increase to social housing rents
New organ donation laws set to come into force in coming weeks