NHS Sickness Absence Rates April 2020, Provisional Statistics
- Publication Date:
- 20 Aug 2020
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Ambulance Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Hospital Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, NHS Trusts, Regions
- Date Range:
- 30 Apr 2009 to 30 Apr 2020
Summary
NHS Sickness Absence Rates April 2020, 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.
The overall sickness absence rate for England was 6.2%.
The London region reported the highest sickness absence rate at 7.2% and South West reported the lowest at 4.5%.
Ambulance Trusts had the highest sickness absence rate at 7.3%. Clinical Commissioning Groups had the lowest at 2.3%.
Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate at 8.6% and Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant the lowest rate at 0.9%.
The most reported reason for sickness absence was Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses at 20.9%.