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Publication, Part of

NHS Sickness Absence Rates February 2020, Provisional Statistics

Official statistics

Publication Date:
25 Jun 2020
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
NHS Trusts, Hospital Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Regions, Clinical Commissioning Groups
Date Range:
30 Apr 2009 to 29 Feb 2020
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Summary

NHS Sickness Absence Rates February 2020, Provisional Statistics

Highlights

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 February 2020

The overall sickness absence rate for England was 4.5%.

Regional and organisational type variation

The North West region reported the highest sickness absence rate at 5.2% and London reported the lowest at 3.8%.   Ambulance Trusts had the highest sickness absence rate at 5.8%. Grouped other organisation types had the lowest at 2.9%.

Staff group differences

Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate at 6.9% and Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant the lowest rate at 0.3%.

Reason for sickness absence

The most reported reason for sickness absence was Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses at 25.6%

Last edited: 25 June 2020 9:45 am