ONS: Improving anxiety levels stagnating

Adam Saville
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More needs to be done within the workplace to tackle wellbeing

Average life satisfaction score for UK is 7.69 - up 02.2 since Jan-Dec 2016 - however the improving rate of anxiety levels, which improved year-on-year between 2011 and 2015, has stagnated, the latest ‘Personal wellbeing in the UK' report from Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. While it is good news that happiness is increasing and anxiety levels are still reducing - albeit at a slower pace - Richard Holmes, director of wellbeing at Westfield Health, believes more still needs to be done to improve wellbeing within the workplace. "Although the report has found that life ...

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