Two thirds of employees anxious about returning to work

Bupa study suggests

Adam Saville
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Bupa Health Clinics launches ‘Assess Me, Test Me and Check Me’ for businesses helping staff

As many as 65% of people in the UK are anxious about returning to their office, a study of 2000 adults commissioned by Bupa Health Clinics has found. The most common concern was around social distancing within office spaces - which was reported by 46% of those surveyed. Elsewhere, the potential spread of infection while commuting and worries about the office not being clean enough, also ranked highly on the list of concerns The research also revealed that more than a third said they do not want to return to their ways of working prior to lockdown and 40% admitted they would judge t...

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