Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered on 21 September 2023.
Wes Streeting
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff absences occurred in each of the past 12 months.
Will Quince
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows the monthly number of full-time equivalent days lost to sickness absence in each of the last 12 months for which data is available. Due to differing numbers of days within months and an increasing workforce over the period, the days available and rate of sickness absence are also shown to allow comparison.
Full Time Equivalent Days Lost to Sickness Absence (includes non-working days) | Sickness Absence Rate | |
May 2022 | 2,017,828 | 4.90% |
June 2022 | 2,079,695 | 5.22% |
July 2022 | 2,493,799 | 6.05% |
August 2022 | 2,072,749 | 5.01% |
September 2022 | 2,018,561 | 5.01% |
October 2022 | 2,350,477 | 5.60% |
November 2022 | 2,224,422 | 5.44% |
December 2022 | 2,663,749 | 6.28% |
January 2023 | 2,264,912 | 5.32% |
February 2023 | 1,930,663 | 5.00% |
March 2023 | 2,124,770 | 4.94% |
April 2023 | 1,875,590 | 4.51% |
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