Question follow-through · 14885
NHS: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff absences occur in the NHS due to menopause for what figures are available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff absences occur in the NHS due to menopause for what figures are available.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
NHS England does not publish official statistics on sickness absence due specifically to menopause because menopause is not recorded as a primary sickness absence reason within the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR) sickness absence statistics.The ESR...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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