Home Department written question – answered at on 16 March 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in the National Probation Service are absent from work through stress or stress-related illness; and from what grades.
Stress-related absence is not currently recorded separately across the 42 employing Boards, but a requirement to record stress-related absence will be introduced in the near future.
The National Probation Directorate, through its National Health and Safety Forum that comprises employers, trade unions and subject experts, has just issued a national policy in reduction of stress that conforms to the Health and Safety Executive standards.
Yes1 person thinks so
No3 people think not
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