Dive-In: Focus on mental health amid Covid-19
Head Lines: Experts warned that the coronavirus pandemic has increased mental health problems for many.
At the insurance diversity event Dive-In RSA’s chief claims officer Karl Helgesen contextualised the conversation around mental health.
He pointed out that uncertainty, isolation and lack of structure which came as a result of Covid-19 have exacerbated mental health problems for many people.
Lonely
In his speech Helgesen highlighted that 10% of adults in the UK reported feeling lonely prior to the pandemic but this figure had increased to 24% just two weeks into lockdown.
Helgesen was joined
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