On November 12, 2009
Diagnosis: NICE Stress Distress is Phantom Pandemic
The stress industry has swung into action again. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said the cost of stress and work related mental illness was £28bn. This garbage is so depressing it is hard to know where to start, but here is a go: The £28bn figure is a classic, on a par with finding that 78.6 percent of all statistics are made up on the spur of the moment. It is there to grab some publicity and grab some more government funding or regulation for a pet project. The CBI reckoned all sick leave (not just stress) cost £13bn in lost output. NICE has doubled the number for a quarter of the problem. It is nonsense…
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