Ruth Taylor: Challenging loneliness

As a medical rehabilitation consultant one of my primary focuses is to help absent employees return to work when medically fit to do so. This naturally involves collaboration between the individual employee, the treating clinicians and HR. During the pandemic I became more aware that many of the people I was working with - whether it was those that were actually absent from work, or referred on a presenteeism basis, (remaining at work but not considered well enough to be there) - were experiencing significant loneliness. Whilst we all understand that loneliness is not a mental illness...