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

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Next update expected:January 2026

Updates

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 2025

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.

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