00:00I do think people should be given the time that they need, you know, I don't think it's like a
00:04blanket, you should get one week, you should get two weeks.
00:06If somebody needs six months, if somebody needs a year, that's what they need and that's down to them individually
00:12and the sort of health professionals who help that person get through that.
00:17I'm in a situation where my stepdaughter died and she was in her 40s and it's something that affects you
00:25quite profoundly.
00:27My wife has taken some time to recover from something as profound as that.
00:31Well, the first thing I'd say is I don't think you could have any idea what it's like to lose
00:36a child unless you've actually lost one.
00:38I've got four kids and I couldn't imagine what it must be like to go through that.
00:41I know people who have lost children and I know how much struggle it's been for them afterwards coping with
00:47it.
00:47So, one, I can't imagine it, but I think everyone's different, aren't they?
00:51People who lose children obviously need an enormous amount of support and it's not a time thing where you say,
00:58oh, at the end of so long that you are recovered from it.
01:01You never recover from something like that.
01:03Some people have a very supportive, large network of extended friends and family who won't need anything.
01:12Other people maybe will need something.
01:15I don't think there's a blanket solution to the problem.
01:18I don't think you can say everyone should get two weeks, everyone should get four weeks.
01:22But I think people should be able to go to the doctor and say, listen, and if that is the
01:27case, then they should get the help.
01:29Yeah.
