Sickness absence in the NHS, percentage absent by staff group and organisation

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
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Organisation	Shown in table	All 16 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	Percentage of Staff Absent	Value cannot be changed

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [r] = revised, [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Staff group	Date	Organisation
1.5 [t]	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Wales
1.7	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB
1.0	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Powys Teaching LHB
1.7	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Hywel Dda University LHB
1.0	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB
1.1	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Cwm Taf University LHB
2.2	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Aneurin Bevan University LHB
1.5	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Cardiff & Vale University LHB
0.4	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Public Health Wales NHS Trust
0.1	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	July 2009	Velindre NHS Trust
1.2 [t]	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Wales
1.6	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB
0.6	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Powys Teaching LHB
1.9	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Hywel Dda University LHB
0.9	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB
0.5	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Cwm Taf University LHB
1.5	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Aneurin Bevan University LHB
1.1	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Cardiff & Vale University LHB
0.7	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Public Health Wales NHS Trust
0.5	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	August 2009	Velindre NHS Trust
1.4 [t]	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	Q3 2009	Wales
1.4 [t]	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	September 2009	Wales
1.4	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	September 2009	Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB
1.6	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	Q3 2009	Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB
0.7	Percentage of Staff Absent	Medical and Dental staff	Q3 2009	Powys Teaching LHB

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Metadata

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Next update expected:September 2026

Updates

• 28th July 2026:

  This update includes the latest quarterly data and revisions to the previous quarter’s data. All revisions are marked with the [r] note code.

• 19th May 2026:

  This update includes the latest quarterly data and revisions to the previous quarter’s data. All revisions are marked with the [r] note code.

• 12th February 2026:

  This update includes the latest quarterly data and revisions to the previous quarter’s data. All revisions are marked with the [r] note code.

• 29th October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 1: Workforce Services
• Data provider 2: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
• Data source 2: NHS electronic staff record
• Time period covered: January 2009 to December 2026
• Dataset ID: d4578da5-380f-439f-a056-8c5dd74d6509

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Sickness absence rates of directly employed NHS Wales staff.

• Data collection or 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.

• Statistical quality:

  For information on statistical quality please see the linked publication.

• Rounding applied:

  The percentages in this release are rounded to the nearest 0.1.

• Related reports:
  • NHS workforce (staff directly employed by NHS Wales): quality report
  • NHS Workforce: Staff directly employed by NHS Wales

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales