Internal Reference Number: FOI_8520
Date Request Received: 18/03/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Sick days taken by nurses.
Request Category: Campaigning organisation
Question Number 1: Request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) This is an information request relating to sick days taken by nurses Please include the following information for the following financial years: Total number of days lost due to sick leave taken by NHS Nurses 2021/22 2022/23, 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 1: 2021/22 9,865 2022/23 12,447 2023/24 9,947 2024/25 11,817 | |
Question Number 2: The total number of NHS nurses who took sick leave 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 2: 2021/22 919 2022/23 1,022 2023/24 1,076 2024/25 1,189 | |
Question Number 3: Total number of days lost to Mental Health issues taken by NHS nurses 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 3: 2021/22 2,170 2022/23 2,417 2023/24 2,613 2024/25 2,461 | |
Question Number 4: The total number of nurses who required sickness absence on mental health grounds 2021/22 2022/23, 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 4: 2021/22 108 2022/23 91 2023/24 75 2024/25 98 | |
Question Number 5: The number of NHS nurses taking more than seven days of absence without a sick note. 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 5: 2021/22 – 148 2022/23 – 179 2023/24 – 97 2024/25 - 129 | |
Question Number 6: The total number of days lost in excess of the seven days. For example, if an individual has taken off 10 days without a sick note, then this would be 3 days in excess of the seven days. 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 | |
Answer To Question 6: 2021/22 – 1564 2022/23 – 1935 2023/24 – 1095 2024/25 - 1457 | |
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