Stress related sickness in the Emergency Services (FOI)Stress related sickness in the Emergency Services (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
10 August 2018.Request
How many Emergency Service personnel have taken time off because of stress, anxiety, depression or mental health issues over the past five years?
Could you break this down by service and the reason for leave?
Response
Emergency Service | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 to June | Total |
|
Ambulance | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 23 |
| Anxiety Stress Depression | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 23 |
| |
Fire and Rescue | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 10 |
| Anxiety Stress Depression | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Mental Health | | <10 | | <10 | | | <10 |
| |
Police | <10 | 17 | <10 | 11 | 11 | <10 | 58 |
| Anxiety Stress Depression | <10 | 17 | <10 | 11 | <10 | <10 | 55 |
| Mental Health | <10 | | | | <10 | | <10 |
| |
Grand Total | 11 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 20 | <10 | 91 |
The data provided has been collated from the States of Jersey sickness absence data set.
Numbers less than ten have been shown as <10. Disclosure control has been applied to the data in order to protect the identity of individuals, in accordance with Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.
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