Question follow-through · 34506
NHS: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on supporting NHS trusts to meet their annual sickness absence targets.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- NHS: Staff · 24 Mar 2025
- Hospital Wards: Security · 17 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on supporting NHS trusts to meet their annual sickness absence targets.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
Data published by NHS England shows that during the month of October 2024, there were 317,167 full time equivalent days lost due to musculoskeletal health issues for National Health Service staff. These account for 13% of all sickness absences over the mo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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