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Publication, Part of

NHS Sickness Absence Rates, April 2022 to June 2022, Provisional Statistics

Official statistics

Publication Date:
27 Oct 2022
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
NHS Trusts, Hospital Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Regions, Clinical Commissioning Groups
Date Range:
30 Apr 2009 to 30 Jun 2022

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Summary

NHS Sickness Absence Rates, April 2022 to June 2022, Provisional Statistics

Key Facts

Tables 1-4 (Monthly Sickness Absence Rates by NHS England region, Staff Group, Organisation Type and Organisation) from the quarterly Sickness Absence reports are published on a monthly basis on the same day as the Monthly workforce publication. This is to enable the data in these publications to be available on a more frequent and timely basis.

NHS Absence rates in June 2022

The overall sickness absence rate for England was 5.2%. This is higher than May 2022 (4.9%) and higher than June 2021 (4.6%).

Regional and organisational type variation

The North West region reported the highest sickness absence rate in June 2022 at 6.0%, this is higher than their rate in May 2022 (5.8%). The London region reported the lowest sickness absence rate in June 2022 at 4.6%, this is slightly higher than their rate in May 2022 (4.3%).

Ambulance Trusts had the highest sickness absence rate at 7.9% in June 2022, this has increased slightly since May 2022 (7.6%). Commissioning Support Units and Integrated Care Boards had the lowest sickness absence rate at 2.8% each.

Staff group differences

Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate in June 2022 at 9.2%, this is slightly higher than May 2022 (8.9%).

Consultants reported the lowest rate at 1.8% in June 2022, increasing slightly since May 2022.

 

Reason for sickness absence

Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses is consistently the most reported reason for sickness absence, accounting for over 476,900 full time equivalent days lost and 23.2% of all sickness absence in June 2022. This has decreased since May 2022 (24.6%).

Last edited: 26 October 2022 3:58 pm