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Publication, Part of Sickness Absence Rates in the NHS
Sickness Absence Rates in the NHS - April-June 2010
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 21 Oct 2010
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country, Strategic Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, Primary Care Organisations, Hospital Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Community health services, Primary Care Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Regions, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Care Trusts
- Date Range:
- 01 Apr 2010 to 30 Jun 2010
Summary
This statistical bulletin relates to sickness absence rates for staff at NHS organisations on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) between April and June 2010. This is the 5th publication of sickness absence statistics using data taken form the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Previous publications in this series have been labelled as "Experimental Statistics". As the publication has now been running successfully for a year the experimental tag has been removed.
Highlights
- Between April and June 2010 the average sickness absence rate for the NHS in England was 3.89% falling from 4.05 per cent for the same period in 2009
- The North West SHA area had the highest average sickness absence rate with its organisations averaging 4.31 per cent. The London SHA area had the lowest average at 3.24 per cent
- Ambulance staff were the staff group with the highest average sickness absence rate with an average of 5.91 per cent. The medical and dental staff group had the lowest average at 1.10 per cent
- Amongst types of organisation, ambulance trusts had the highest average sickness absence rate with an average of 5.50 per cent. Strategic health authorities had the lowest average with a rate of 1.98 per cent.
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