Written Question · S3W-39040 · Session 3
How many staff in NHS National Services Scotland are absent on sick leave due to work-related stress and how many have been absent for this…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff in NHS National Services Scotland are absent on sick leave due to work-related stress and how many have been absent for this reason in each year since 2007-08.
The answer
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) do not collate and categorise sickness absence figures into those relating to purely work-related stress. NSS do however collate sickness absence figures for employees absent for the following reasons
- anxiety, stress, depression, other psychological illness. The figures provided below represent the number of NSS employees absent from work due to those reasons:
2007-08
| 67
2008-09
| 143
2009-10
| 189
2010-11
| (to date)109
NHS NSS have indicated that the increase in recorded cases is due to improved reason for absence recording rather than an upward trend in actual cases. It is also important to note that the 2007-08 figure relates to stress only.
- anxiety, stress, depression, other psychological illness. The figures provided below represent the number of NSS employees absent from work due to those reasons:
2007-08
| 67
2008-09
| 143
2009-10
| 189
2010-11
| (to date)109
NHS NSS have indicated that the increase in recorded cases is due to improved reason for absence recording rather than an upward trend in actual cases. It is also important to note that the 2007-08 figure relates to stress only.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-39040 by reference.