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Saturday 06 December 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8975

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8975

Date Request Received: 15/10/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 23/10/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: sickness absences and staff usage

Request Category: Private Individuals



 
Question Number 1:
General sickness absence from 2020-2025:

• The total number of staff sickness absence days taken each year, broken down by year from 2020-2025.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Please see attached

To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI 8975.xlsx
 
Question Number 2:
Categorisation of sickness absence:

• Does your organisation code sickness absences by specific category or reason (e.g. ‘mental health’, ‘burnout’, ‘flu’, ‘musculoskeletal issues’)?

• If yes, please provide the breakdown for each recorded sickness category for each year in the five-year period (2020-2025).

• If such categorisations have changed over time, please indicate when changes to categories or coding were implemented.

 
Answer To Question 2:
Please see attached

To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI 8975.xlsx
 
Question Number 3:
Locum and agency staff usage from 2020-2025:

• The total number of locum or agency staff engaged in each year of the five-year period (2020-2025).

• If records permit, please detail the total expenditure on locum or agency staff for each year.

• If possible, please indicate whether the use of locum/agency staff was linked to covering staff sickness absences.
 
Answer To Question 3:
Please see attached

To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI 8975.xlsx
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