Sickness absence

• Overall, the average number of sick days increased by four days to 12 days in 2021; back to similar levels seen in 2019
• Adult Services and Portsmouth International Port consistently have the highest number of sick days on average per person
• In 2021 Public Health and Executive had the lowest number of sick days, these are the smallest two directorates
• Consistently across directorates a higher proportion of absence is due to staff on long-term sick leave
• The top reasons for absence have remained consistent between 2020 and 2021 except for a higher incidence of absence due to Coronavirus in 2021
• Viruses and gastrointestinal issues are common reasons for short-term absence, coronavirus and musculoskeletal are for medium-term absence and phycological and musculoskeletal issues are common for long-term absence

This chart shows that:
For all directorates, the average number sick days per employee was 11 in 2019, 8 in 2020, and 12 in 2021
For the Adult Services directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 17 in 2019, 14 in 2020, and 19 in 2021
For the Portsmouth International Port directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 14 in 2019, 20 in 2020, and 17 in 2021
For the Children Families and Education directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 11 in 2019, 10 in 2020, and 14 in 2021
For the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate, the average number of sick says per employee was 11 in 2019, 9 in 2020, and 14 in 2021
For the Regeneration directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 8 in 2019, 4 in 2020, and 8 in 2021
For the Finance and Resources directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 7 in 2019, 5 in 2020, and 7 in 2021
For the Culture Leisure and Regulatory Services directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 6 in 2019, 4 in 2020, and 7 in 2021
For the Corporate Services directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 6 in 2019, 2 in 2020, and 7 in 2021
For the Public Health directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 8 in 2019, 6 in 2020, and 3 in 2021
For the Executive directorate, the average number of sick days per employee was 2 in 2019, 2 in 2020, and 3 in 2021

This chart shows that in 2021:
For all directorates, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 8 long-term, 2 medium-term and 3 short-term
For the Adult Services directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 13 long-term, 3 medium-term and 3 short-term
For the Portsmouth International Port directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 14 long-term, 2 medium-term and 3 short-term
For the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 8 long-term, 2 medium-term and 3 short-term
For the Children Families and Education directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 10 long-term, 2 medium-term and 2 short-term
For the Regeneration directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 4 long-term, 2 medium-term and 2 short-term
For the Finance and Resources directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 4 long-term, 2 medium-term and 2 short-term
For the Corporate Services directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 4 long-term, 2 medium-term and 1 short-term
For the Culture Leisure and Regulatory Services directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 4 long-term, 1 medium-term and 2 short-term
For the Public Health directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 1 long-term, 1 medium-term and 1 short-term
For the Executive directorate, the average number of sick days taken according to type of absence is 2 medium-term and 1 short-term

This table shows that the top reasons for short-term absence are:
Virus (including colds, coughs and influenza)
Gastrointestinal (including stomach and bowel)
Neurology/nervous system (including headache, migraine and epilepsy)
Coronavirus
Musculoskeletal

This table shows that the top reasons for medium-term absence are:
Coronavirus
Psychological (including stress, anxiety and depression)
Musculoskeletal
Virus (including colds, coughs and influenza)

This table shows that the top reasons for long-term absence are:
Psychological (including stress, anxiety and depression)
Musculoskeletal