Sickness Absence in the NHS, Quarter Ending March 2010

Statistics on sickness absence include Welsh data  for the period up to the end of March 2010. These statistics have been published for the first time as quarterly series and also as experimental statistics, as a means to building quality in at an early stage.

Key results for the quarter ending March 2010:

• The sickness absence rate was 5.3 per cent, slightly higher than 5.1 per cent for the same period in 2009.
• Of the 7 Local Health Boards and 3 NHS Trusts, the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust had the highest sickness absence rate (7.0 per cent) and Public Health Wales NHS Trust had the lowest rate (3.8 per cent).
• Of the 6 staff groups, the highest sickness absence rates were in the ambulance (7.4 per cent) and healthcare assistant and support worker (7.3 per cent) staff groups.
• The lowest sickness absence rate was in the medical and dental staff group (1.3 per cent).

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5080
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2010 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)