Staff sickness hit record high during lockdown at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

By Katie Williams, Data Reporter

Published 1st Sep 2020, 16:45 BST

Updated 2nd Sep 2020, 09:13 BST

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The sickness absence rate among staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals hit a record high during lockdown.

It comes as the latest statistics reveal 2.3 million full-time working days were lost due to sickness across the NHS in April – the most in more than a decade.

NHS Digital data shows that in April the overall staff sickness and absence rate at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was 6.0% – the highest level since comparable records began in 2013.