FOI Request - Retirement on Ill-Health Grounds

Request 101003225932 

Under FOISA, I am looking for information about the numbers of staff retired or dismissed due to ill health, in particular where that ill-health relates to "Long Covid".

Specifically I am looking for:

In each financial year, since April 2020:

1. How many employees have left your organisation due to ill health
Of these how many have been
a) dismissed on ill health grounds
b) retired on ill health grounds

2. How many employees in your organisation are absent due to long-term ill-health
Of these, how many
a) Are absent due to “long Covid” (i.e. with a diagnosis)
b) Are absent due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

3. Of the employees who have been dismissed on ill health grounds, how many of these
a) Were dismissed due to “long Covid”, (i.e. with a diagnosis)
b) Were dismissed due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

4. Of the employees who have been retired on ill health grounds, how many of these
a) Were retired due to “long Covid”, (i.e. with a diagnosis)
b) Were retired due to symptoms comparable to “long covid” (i.e. without a diagnosis)

5. How many personal injury claims your organisation has received from employees who have long Covid

6. Finally, please provide your sickness and absence policy for managing employee absence due to “long Covid”

Response 13-04-2023

1. - 5. The response to your request can be found here. Please note, 2022/2023 data is up to 7th March 2023, data for remainder of 2022/2023 is not yet available.

6. Health and Work policy can be found here.