Sick leave - 360/19

Date Responded 18 April 2019

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

The number of police employees in your constabulary who have taken long-term sick leave (i.e. 28/29 days or more) in the last five years, broken down year-by-year;
The nature of the reasons for sick leave being taken in each year (i.e., 200 for psychological reasons, 400 for physical disability etc.).

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the HR Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

2014: 704 Employees

2015: 701 Employees

2016: 607 Employees

2017: 640 Employees

2018: 661 Employees

Category	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
A Cancer (Inc. Malignant and benign tumors)	24	20	24	28	27
B Cardiac/Circulatory or Metabolic	17	22	18	24	23
C Digestive	32	28	27	22	26
D Ear Nose and Throat	11	9	8	6	12
E Genito-Urinary	11	14	7	3	7
F Gynaecological	26	25	24	11	11
G Infectious Diseases	2	0	2	1	3
H Maternity/Pregnancy Related	14	16	17	8	13
I Mental Health	207	219	197	215	232
J Miscellaneous	44	36	34	36	37
K Musculo-Skeletal	293	282	221	251	234
L Nervous System Disorders inc Eye	9	11	15	18	14
M Respiratory	12	16	11	12	13
N Skin	2	3	2	5	9

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.