Request
A.
How many nurses reported being off sick from work due to anxiety, stress or depression in 2014, 2013 and 2012?
If possible could you also include how many nurses were off for these reasons so far this year?
B.
How many doctors reported being off sick from work due to anxiety, stress or depression in 2014, 2013 and 2012? If possible could you also include how many doctors were off for these reasons so far this year?
C.
What was the total number of sick days lost due to anxiety, stress or depression in 2014, 2013, 2012 for nurses?
D.
What was the total number of sick days lost due to anxiety, stress or depression in 2014, 2013, 2012 for doctors?
E.
How many nurses does the Health Department employ?
F.
How many doctors does the Health Department employ?
Response
The below data has been presented in a way that will not identify employees as this information is personal information and so is exempt under Article 25 of the Freedom of Information Law Jersey Law 2011 (the “FOI Law”), which refers to personal information.
Our current sickness information is created and maintained on a 12 month rolling basis so, in effect, it is not “held”. However we are aiming to produce a quarterly sickness report for the first 2 quarters of 2015 by July 2015.
Information in some areas of this response has been consolidated across all categories to protect the identity of employees in those particular roles in the organisation.
A.
| | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Nurses | 38 | 50 | 49 |
B.
C.
| | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Nurses | 731.5 | 679.7 | 891.0 |
D.
| | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Doctors | 0.0 | 7.0 | 142.2 |
E.
620 (permanent and contract nurses) as of 31 March 2015
F.
166 as of 31 March 2015
Exemption
25 Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if:
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
