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Publication, Part of

NHS Sickness Absence Rates, July 2022

Official statistics

Publication Date:
24 Nov 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 31 Jul 2022

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Summary

NHS Sickness Absence Rates, July 2022

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 July 2022

The overall sickness absence rate for England was 6.1%. This is higher than June 2022 (5.2%) and higher than July 2021 (5.1%).

Regional and organisational type variation

The North West region reported the highest sickness absence rate in July 2022 at 6.8%, this is higher than their rate in June 2022 (6.0%). The London region reported the lowest sickness absence rate in July 2022 at 5.3%, this is higher than their rate in June 2022 (4.6%).

Ambulance Trusts had the highest sickness absence rate at 8.7% in July 2022, this has increased since June 2022 (7.9%). Integrated Care Boards had the lowest sickness absence rate at 3.1%.

Staff group differences

Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate in July 2022 at 10.1%, this is higher than June 2022 (9.2%).

Senior managers reported the lowest rate at 1.9% in July 2022, increasing slightly since June 2022.

Reason for sickness absence

Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses is consistently the most reported reason for sickness absence, accounting for over 514,000 full time equivalent days lost and 20.9% of all sickness absence in July 2022. This has decreased slightly since June 2022 (23.2%).

Last edited: 23 November 2022 3:02 pm