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A 2012 analysis by the BBC estimated that the NHS across the whole UK has 1.7 million staff, which made it fifth on the list of the world's largest employers (well above Indian Railways). [32] In 2015 the Health Service Journal reported that there were 587,647 non-clinical staff in the English NHS. 17% worked supporting clinical staff.
Statutory sick pay (SSP) is a United Kingdom social security benefit. It is paid by an employer to all employees who are off work because of sickness for longer than 3 consecutive workdays (or 3 non-consecutive workdays falling within an 8-week period) but less than 28 weeks and who normally pay National Insurance contributions (NICs), often referred to as earning above the Lower Earnings ...
Union leaders repeated calls for a decent pay rise for health workers.
It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time, it had 7,840 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.45%. 70% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 52% recommended it as a place to work. [6]
Lloyd George followed the example of Germany, which under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck had provided compulsory national insurance against sickness from 1884. After visiting Germany in 1908, Lloyd George said in his 1909 Budget speech that Britain should aim to be "putting ourselves in this field on a level with Germany; we should not emulate them only in armaments."
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10 instances of absence, each of one day (10 × 10 × 10) = 1000 points For comparison, a single instance of absence with a duration of one working year is approximately 240 points (1 × 1 × 240). In May 2001, HM Prison Service began using the Bradford Formula to identify staff with high absenteeism due to illness. [ 4 ]
This figure had been used the UK Department of Health to propose a "7-day NHS" involving increased staffing at weekend. The weekend effect is an area of particular interest in the UK's National Health Service , and some have attributed it to fewer staff being available during the weekend period.