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This is the fourth quarterly report providing a brief commentary on the Cabinet Office sick absence results for the 12 month period ending 30 June 2008.
| Average Working Days Lost | Total Days Lost | % Lost to Long-term |
|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 6783 | 55.7% |
| Proportion lost to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Days Lost | Unknown & Ill defined | Mental Disorders | Musculo-skeletal | Respiratory System |
| 6783 | 12.6% | 17.3% | 0.10% | 11.8% |
| Departmental Data | Sickness Absence Days and Average Working Days Lost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department Size Classification | Total No of Staff | Total No of Staff Years | Total Days Lost | Average Working Days Lost Per Staff Year | Weighted Average Working Days Lost Per Staff Year | Average Working Days Lost Per Person |
| Medium | 1688 | 1405.5 | 6783 | 4.8 | Not Calculated | 4.0 |
The Cabinet Office continues to place an emphasis on reducing absences recorded as either unknown or ill defined. In conjuntion with this, improvements to the reporting process were introduced in February 2008, affording greater precision:
Mental Disorders have reduced by 2.1%. Musculoskeletal absences remain stable and Respiratory System related absences have reduced by just over 1%.
It is notable that in all areas subject to close monitoring (except for the ‘ill-defined absence’ category) absences are continuing to fall.
A health and wellbeing initiative (with an in-house news special edition and a series of Healthy living seminars to be held over the next 6 months) was launched by the Cabinet Office during this period. This is intended to give all staff the ability to manage their wellbeing and is expected to have a positive ongoing effect on these statistics. Issues surrounding how to measure these effects are currently being discussed.
An analysis of long-term absence began in August. It is currently indicating that all long-term cases are being managed by managers, supported by HR in line with our absence management policies.
The data for the 12 months ending 30 September 2008 will be pubished in January 2009.
HR Directorate
October 2008