FOI_6363

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6363

Date Request Received: 19/11/2021 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 06/12/2021 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Trust Staff and Long Covid

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: How many staff members were recorded to have had long Covid while working for your trust at any time in the period between March 2020 - September 2021?

Answer To Question 1: Information not held because "Long Covid" is not available as a reason for sickness on our Electronic Staff Record system, ESR.

Question Number 2: What were the five longest periods in days that a member of staff took a leave of absence due to long Covid in the time period between March 2020 - September 2021?

Answer To Question 2: Information not held because "Long Covid" is not available as a reason for sickness on our Electronic Staff Record system, ESR.

Question Number 3: Could you state all leave of absences taken where long Covid was cited as the cause between March 2020 and September 2021.

Answer To Question 3: Information not held because "Long Covid" is not available as a reason for sickness on our Electronic Staff Record system, ESR.

Question Number 4: Does your trust offer any specialised support for staff members living with long Covid? If so could you please provide details of these services.

Answer To Question 4: The Occupational Health clinical team are aware of the nature of long covid in terms of types of symptoms, the recommendations they can advise the employee and employer in terms of self help measures, work place adjustments, signposting to the Trusts health and wellbeing services and initiatives and referral to a long covid clinic via the GP.

Question Number 5: What plans, if any, are in place to improve the support available to staff members who are living with long Covid while working for your trust?

Answer To Question 5: The Head of Health and Wellbeing will be delivering a presentation to the HR Business Partner’s on this subject so greater understanding of the condition is known within HR and recognition that the support staff will need will reach beyond the current absence and attendance policy in terms of phased return/adjustment time frames.

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