FOI 0710-2024/25 - Officer and staff sickness

Request:

Q1. Since January 1st 2020, how many police officers and staff working for your force have taken sick leave of any length due to PTSD, anxiety, stress, depression, or any other mental health condition? Please list the figures for police officers and staff separately and also provide the numbers broken up into yearly totals.

Q2. Since January 1st 2020, how many police officers and staff working for your force have taken sick leave of any length due to the suspected symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Please list the figures for police officers and staff separately and also provide the numbers broken up into yearly totals. As the current year is not finished please provide the 2024 total to date.

Response:

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Q1. Please see the table below showing the total number of police officers and police staff that have taken sick leave for a mental health condition between 01 January 2020 to 19 November 2024, broken down by calendar year and role.

Please note the above includes sickness reasons for the following:

• Anxiety
• Bereavemnet anxiety
• Depression
• Other mental disorders
• Other stree
• Post natal depression
• Post traumatic stress
• Stress
• Work related stress

Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of police officers and police staff that have taken sick leave for PTSD between 01 January 2020 to 19 November 2024, broken down by calendar year and role.

*Please note, although the sickness absence falls within the timeframe specified the sickness absence start/end date may fall outside the timeframe specified

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.