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Data Provider: Welsh Government Percentage absent by staff group and date
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[Collapse]All staff6.06.16.16.16.56.46.76.56.16.76.35.96.35.85.86.05.96.45.95.96.1
All staffMedical and Dental staff2.01.71.71.82.22.22.32.22.02.52.32.22.32.22.22.22.22.32.12.22.2
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff7.47.57.57.47.87.68.17.87.58.17.67.17.67.27.27.37.27.77.27.37.4
Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical staff4.74.84.84.85.05.05.25.14.85.34.94.54.94.44.44.64.55.14.64.54.8
Administration, Estates and General Payments staff4.85.15.25.05.75.75.85.85.15.85.55.05.45.15.15.25.15.55.05.15.2
Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers9.39.29.69.49.79.010.09.69.59.89.69.09.58.58.28.78.59.69.49.19.3
Ambulance staff9.310.19.79.79.49.610.79.99.410.19.68.89.58.48.17.88.18.68.37.98.2
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Metadata

Title

NHS sickness absence rate, by organisation and staff group

Last update

19 March 2025 19 March 2025

Next update

May 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

NHS electronic staff record

Source 2

Workforce Services, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Sickness absence rates of directly employed NHS Wales staff.

Data collection and calculation

Data is extracted from the NHS Electronic Staff Record. Sickness absence rates by month, quarter and year are calculated by dividing the total number of sickness absence days by the total number of available days for each organisation and each staff group.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

July 2009 onwards

Users, uses and context

For information on users, uses and context please see the linked publication

Rounding applied

Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.

Revisions information

In each quarterly publication, data for the previous quarter is revised in order to include late amendments to sickness records.

Statistical quality

For information on statistical quality please see the linked publication.

Keywords

Staff; sickness absence