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<p>The Civil Service recognises that good workforce health and well-being is fundamental
to delivering brilliant public services. We support people so that they can remain
at work where possible and to return as soon as they are ready following sickness
absence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service continues to review how it can proactively
manage sickness absence and improve health and wellbeing at work even further, ensuring
that it consistently delivers the high level of service that the public demand and
expect.</p><p>Sickness absence in the Civil Service is measured using Average Working
Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year. AWDL per staff year is the total number of working
days lost across the year, divided by the total number of potential staff years.</p><p>The
AWDL per staff year in the Civil Service was 7.0 days for year ending 31 March 2017,
its lowest level since 2007. This demonstrates the significant progress that has been
made in reducing sickness absence across the Civil Service.</p><p>Table 1: sets out
the AWDL in the Civil Service by department for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1
2016) and the year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p>Table 2: sets out the AWDL
in the Civil Service by grade for the year ending 31 March 2016 (Q1 2016) and the
year ending 31 March 2017 (Q1 2017).</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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