Work pressures forcing parents to miss healthcare appointments

Research by Unum

Adam Saville
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Two fifths have cancelled, or weren’t able to make, healthcare appointments due to work commitments

Research by Unum has found that 42% of UK working parents and child carers surveyed had missed healthcare appointments due to work pressures, compared to only 23% of employees without caring responsibilities. In addition, 31% of parents and carers of children admitted to telling their employer they were somewhere else to cover up the fact they were attending a health-related appointment. Over a quarter (28%) of parents and child carers had to take a full day off, either as annual leave or sick leave, for a one or two hour healthcare appointment. Conducted at the end of last year an...

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