FoI Number
2023-561
Subject
Covid Special Leave
Date Received
13/12/2023
Request and Response

1.    How many individuals were on Covid Special Leave between January 2020 and August 31 2022?

 957 which includes all Covid special leave related reasons

In order to gain a rough determination of whether staff were unwell with long Covid, please indicate the percentage of these cases where absence was longer than 12 weeks and/or repeated incidents not attributable to repeated Covid infections?

0.36%

2.    How many staff have had to retire or had their contracts terminated as a

result of Covid or Long Covid between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2023?

None

3.    By profession, please identify the employment roles affected by Long Covid in

percentage - eg 30% doctors, 40% nurses etc

0.12% Nurse, 0.24% Support Services

4.    How many staff have been identified as having Long Covid within your

organisation (and what % is this of total workforce) between 1st January 2020

and 31st December 2023?

22