Publication, Part of NHS Sickness Absence Rates

NHS Sickness Absence Rates February 2020, Provisional Statistics

Official statistics

Publication Date:: 25 Jun 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 29 Feb 2020

Summary

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%