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<p>The annual National Health Service staff survey enables an analysis of self-reported
trends and can be tracked back to 2015. The survey collects data on health and wellbeing.</p><p>It
includes the question ‘During the last 12 months have you felt unwell as a result
of work-related stress?’. The response rates for the past five years are shown in
the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% of staff responding
‘yes’</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>36.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>38.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>39.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>40.30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Data
on NHS staff sickness absence is published by NHS Digital includes reporting on the
reason for sickness absence dating back to 2015.</p><p>The following table shows the
full time equivalent (FTE) days lost to mental health related absence for NHS Hospital
and Community Health Service (HCHS) staff, for the period March to February in each
year since 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>FTE days lost due
to mental health related reasons</p></td><td><p>Sickness absence rate for mental health
related absence as a percentage of FTE days available</p></td><td><p>Sickness absence
rate for mental health related absence as a percentage of FTE days lost due to all
reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015 to February 2016</p></td><td><p>3,264,151</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td><td><p>20.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2016 to February 2017</p></td><td><p>3,465,678</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>20.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2017 to February 2018</p></td><td><p>3,759,543</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>22.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2018 to February 2019</p></td><td><p>4,206,154</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td><td><p>24.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2019 to February 2020</p></td><td><p>4,820,335</p></td><td><p>1.10%</p></td><td><p>25.60%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Throughout
the COVID-19 outbreak, a significant health and wellbeing offer accessed over 500,000
times by NHS staff, has been developed to support the psychological and physical health
of staff. The offer is kept under review and gathers intelligence from existing surveys
and user experience.</p>
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