Freedom of Information Request: 0452 2019/20
1) Please can you tell me the volume of mental health related sickness from January 2018 – December 2018 and the same data from January 2019 to current.
2018 = 21.63% (77367 calendar days)
2019 = 22.79% (64984 calendar days) (January to September 2019)
2) The approximate cost to the trust as a result of this.
We can estimate (based on wage multiplied by working days lost) that the costs to the Trust for the past calendar years are:
£5,174,661 (2018) £4,436,916 (2019)
Please note that staff will receive payment whether they are at work or off sick, hence this is not classified by the Trust as a cost. A cost would be where we cover someone’s sickness by paying for a bank/locum member of staff. The Trust does not record this information centrally and is therefore unable to fully respond.
3) A breakdown of the groups of staff this related to – clinical, admin, domestics etc.
| 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Staff Group | Calendar Days Lost | Staff Group | Calendar Days Lost | |
| Nursing and Midwifery Registered | 30.63% | Additional Clinical Services | 30.36% | |
| Additional Clinical Services | 24.88% | Nursing and Midwifery Registered | 24.67% | |
| Administrative and Clerical | 22.55% | Administrative and Clerical | 24.31% | |
| Estates and Ancillary | 10.72% | Estates and Ancillary | 9.71% | |
| Medical and Dental | 3.07% | Allied Health Professionals | 3.69% | |
| Add Prof Scientific and Technic | 2.92% | Medical and Dental | 3.25% | |
| Healthcare Scientists | 2.63% | Add Prof Scientific and Technic | 2.94% | |
| Allied Health Professionals | 2.49% | Healthcare Scientists | 1.06% | |
| Students | 0.10% | Grand Total (Calendar Days) | 64984 | |
| Grand Total (Calendar Days) | 77367 | |||
4) The current volume of staff currently on a sickness trigger regardless of the reason.
Currently there are 7015 staff (33.06% of the Trust’s workforce) who have reached the sickness indicators under the Trust’s sickness procedure. This means that the sickness absence may be a cause for concern, however it will very much depend on each member of staff’s individual circumstances and the reasons for their sickness absence. The Trust’s stance on the management of sickness is to support staff where possible and managers can use their discretion to determine whether a member of staff’s sickness absence requires supportive measures rather than formal management. Therefore not all 7015 staff are being formally managed in relation to their sickness absence.
