Stress

MPs staff facing psychological distress similar to frontline NHS workers

Staff working for MPs face similar levels of psychological distress as frontline NHS workers, a survey has found, amid a “toxic” workload and fears for their safety, according to The Guardian. The paper said a study of 315 parliamentary workers, the largest of its kind, found many were struggling with the vicarious trauma of helping desperate people in a worsening cost of living crisis. And MPs’ caseworkers said there had been a “worrying upturn” in the number of suicidal people seeking their help in the past year.