There's been a staggering 11 per cent increase across Scotland since last year.
Nurses and midwives were forced to take more than 225,000 days off because of mental health issues in the last year, new figures show.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde reported the highest volume of absence with 68,165 days, although it is unclear how this translates as a proportion of staff, given the board is the largest in the country.Mr Cole-Hamilton said: "Day after day, nurses go beyond the call of duty. During the pandemic that meant risking their own lives to care for others. These figures emphasise the heavy toll of that work on the mental health of staff.
"They have repeatedly opposed and ignored Scottish Liberal Democrat calls for a burnout prevention plan and a staff assembly.
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