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Workplace stress

Workplace stress

In this article, Naomi Jefferies examines recent research into factors affecting workplace stress and considers the impact that different work environments have on our psychological health.

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It is 5.30 p.m. A teacher sits at his desk marking GCSE coursework. He repeatedly rubs his forehead. Suddenly he stands up, picks up a stool and throws it across the classroom.

A GP starts to explain to her partners the problems she has working in a ‘satellite’ surgery (a single-doctor surgery in a remote rural area attached to a larger, town-based practice). Mid-explanation her voice cracks and she tries to hold back tears.

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