- FoI Number
- 2023-725
- Subject
- Hospital Porters
- Date Received
- 22/02/2024
- Request and Response
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I would be much obliged if you could provide the following information for each year in the last five-year period (from 2019/20):
- The number of full-time equivalent vacancies and actual vacancies (unfilled posts) in hospital porter posts
1.0 WTE (1 vacancy) which is being used for a Porter/Maintenance Assistant Modern Apprentice opportunity (All porter posts are now combined with the role Maintenance Assistant to provide more cross cover when required)
- The total number of days lost to sickness in hospital porters in the health board area
2019/20 20.00 hours
2020/21 456.50 hours
2021/22 807.50 hours
2022/23 1964.50 hours
2023/24 2442.00 hours
- The total number of days lost to mental health leave in hospital porters in the health board area
2019/20 0 hours
2020/21 0 hours
2021/22 45 hours
2022/23 269.50 hours
2023/24 275.00 hours
- The mean number of sick days recorded by hospital porters in the health board area
2019/20 38.18 hours
2020/21 32.61 hours
2021/22 73.41 hours
2022/23 60.00 hours
2023/24 52.50 hours
- The median number of sick days recorded by hospital porters in the health board area
2019/20 0 hours
2020/21 0 hours
2021/22 24 hours
2022/23 60 hours
2023/24 52.50 hours
- The mean number of mental health days taken by hospital porters in the health board area
2019/20 0 hours
2020/21 0 hours
2021/22 4.09 hours
2022/23 20.73 hours
2023/24 21.15 hours
- The number of health and safety reports made involving hospital porters in the health board area
9
- The number of violent incidents referred to the police involving hospital porters in the health board area.
0
In providing responses for Q2-Q6 please note the following –
NHS Scotland absences are captured and reported as working hours lost
To identify Porters employees with a post descriptor of Porter at the end of each financial year, or earlier for leavers, was used.
The mean and median figures have been calculated across all porters, including those with zero working hours lost in that year.
