FOI Request 2080

Subject: Staff Absences

Status: Complete

Date received: November 2024

Question Asked:

1. In the last three years, how many members of staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)

1a) Can you provide a breakdown of specific mental health reasons/conditions for example, anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, work-related stress (Broken down by year)

1b) Of those that had taken time off due to mental health, how many subsequently left the service? Broken down by year.

2. Are you able to provide an estimated cost of mental health absences to the service in the last three years (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)?

Our Response:

1. In the last three years, how many members of staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)

Please note:

• Where staff are dual role they have only been counted once in their substantive role.

• Where staff have had multiple absences within the same year related to mental health, these have only been counted once.

1a) Can you provide a breakdown of specific mental health reasons/conditions for example, anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, work-related stress (Broken down by year)

Please note:

• Where staff are dual role they have only been counted once in their substantive role.

• Where staff have had multiple absences within the same year related to mental health, these have only been counted once.

• The above categories are the categories we have a record of under MH, we do not separate items out ie stress is just recorded as stress whether work related or not

• Some of our absences have been broken down for Anxiety/Depression/Stress however, some have not hence the incorporation above where we have no breakdown.

1b) Of those that had taken time off due to mental health, how many subsequently left the service? Broken down by year.

Please note:

• We do not record specific details on reasons for leaving in our system. Reasons for leaving within/after 3 months include resign, retire and transfer

2. Are you able to provide an estimated cost of mental health absences to the service in the last three years (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)?

We are unable to provide this information. Our system does not break down Mental Health into a type for sickness.

We are happy to provide the full amount of sickness but with a caveat that this covers ALL types of sickness.

Outcome: Partial Data Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO