Workforce Insight Profile 2020 – Sickness absence

• Adult Services and Portsmouth International Port consistently have the highest annual number of sick days on average per person; this is largely due to staff on long-term sick leave
• Viruses were the biggest cause of absence in 2020

This chart shows that in 2020, on average, all directorates lost 8 days per person due to sickness absence – with 5 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 2 days due to short-term sickness . In 2019, on average, all directorates lost 11 days per person due to sickness absence – with 7 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 3 days due to short-term sickness

Base: 2020 (3,763) | 2019 (3,639)

This chart shows that in 2020:
On average, the Adult Services directorate lost 14 days per person due to sickness absence – with 8 days due to long-term sickness, 3 days due to medium-term sickness and 3 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Portsmouth International Port directorate lost 20 days per person due to sickness absence – with 17 days due to long-term sickness, 2 days due to medium-term sickness, and 2 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate lost 9 days per person due to sickness absence – with 5 days due to long-term sickness, 2 days due to medium-term sickness and 2 days to short-term sickness
On average, the Children, Families and Education directorate lost 10 days per person due to sickness absence – with 7 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 2 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Regeneration directorate lost 4 days per person due to sickness absence – with 2 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 1 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Public Health directorate lost 6 days per person due to sickness absence – with 5 days due to long-term sickness, and 1 day due to short-term sickness
On average, the Finance and Resources directorate lost 5 days per person due to sickness absence – with 2 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 1 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Culture, Leisure and Regulatory Services directorate lost 4 days per person due to sickness absence – with 2 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 1 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Corporate Services directorate lost 2 days per person due to sickness absence – with 1 day due to long-term sickness, and 1 day due to short-term sickness
On average, the Executive directorate lost 2 days per person due to sickness absence – with 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 1 day due to short-tern sickness
This chart shows that in 2019:
On average, the Adult Services directorate lost 17 days per person due to sickness absence – with 11 days due to long-term sickness, 2 days due to medium-term sickness and 4 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Portsmouth International Port directorate lost 13 days per person due to sickness absence – with 11 days due to long-term sickness, 0 days due to medium-term sickness, and 2 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate lost 11 days per person due to sickness absence – with 6 days due to long-term sickness, 2 days due to medium-term sickness and 3 days to short-term sickness
On average, the Children, Families and Education directorate lost 11 days per person due to sickness absence – with 7 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 3 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Regeneration directorate lost 8 days per person due to sickness absence – with 5 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 2 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Public Health directorate lost 8 days per person due to sickness absence – with 5 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness, and 2 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Finance and Resources directorate lost 8 days per person due to sickness absence – with 4 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 3 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Culture, Leisure and Regulatory Services directorate lost 7 days per person due to sickness absence – with 3 days due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium-term sickness and 3 days due to short-term sickness
On average, the Corporate Services directorate lost 6 days per person due to sickness absence – with 3 day due to long-term sickness, 1 day due to medium term-sickness, and 2 day due to short-term sickness
On average, the Executive directorate lost 2 days per person due to sickness absence – with both days being due to short-tern sickness

Base: (top to bottom): (710) | (637) | (76) | (75) | (945) | (960) | (684) | (664) | (391) | (383) | (35) | (33) | (319) | (328) | (268) | (259) | (297) | (267) | (38) | (33)

The top reasons for sickness absences in 2020 were:

• Virus (incl. colds, coughs and influenza)
• Gastrointestinal (incl. stomach and bowel)
• Neurology/Nervous system (incl. headache, migraine and epilepsy)
• Psychological (incl. stress, anxiety and depression)
• Musculoskeletal
• Ear/ nose/ throat (incl. dental)
• Coronavirus