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Last updated: 21 April 2009
This is the fifth quarterly report providing a brief commentary on the Cabinet Office sick absence results for the 12 month period ending 30 September 2008.
| Average Working Days Lost | Total Days Lost | % Lost to Long-term |
|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 6552 | 55.9% |
| Proportion lost to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Days Lost | Unknown & Ill defined | Mental Disorders | Musculo-skeletal | Respiratory System |
| 6552 | 1.1% | 17.1% | 0.2% | 13.9% |
| 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 | 1669 | 1291.7 | 6552 | 5.1 | Not Calculated | 3.9 |
The Cabinet Office continues to place an emphasis on reducing absences recorded as either unknown or ill defined. As reported in the last quarterly report ill-defined illnesses have now been removed from the analysis.
The new reporting process introduced in February 2008 continues to demonstrate a sustained reduction in Unknown illnesses which have fallen by 0.4%.
Mental Disorders have now stablised. Musculoskeletal absences remain stable whilst Respiratory System related absences have increased by 2.1%.
The health and wellbeing initiative continued during this period and the number of staff with no sick absence during the period has increased by 1% since the last quarter.
The data for the 12 months ending 31 December 2008 will be pubished in April 2009.
HR Directorate
January 2009