First published at 21:36 UTC on October 31st, 2020.
This week, the London Ambulance Service revealed that it is now attending an average of 37 suicides a day, or attempted suicides, up from 22 a day in 2019.
"I think that is a direct consequence of lockdown. People are losing their jobs, they a…
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This week, the London Ambulance Service revealed that it is now attending an average of 37 suicides a day, or attempted suicides, up from 22 a day in 2019.
"I think that is a direct consequence of lockdown. People are losing their jobs, they are lonely, depressed, the mental health toll on the country is exponential," says Mr Johnson, who formerly ran Pizza Express, Patisserie Valerie and the Giraffe chain.
"I think it will be much worse this winter because people can't go out into the sunshine and treat it as an extended sabbatical.
"It's going to be much grimmer."
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