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 April 2020

The overall sickness absence rate for England was 6.2%.

Regional and organisational type variation

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%.

Staff group differences

Support to ambulance staff reported the highest sickness absence rate at 8.6% and Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant the lowest rate at 0.9%.

Reason for sickness absence

The most reported reason for sickness absence was Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses at 20.9%.