Dossier
sick leave epidemic
Coverage of sick leave epidemic in the Nexus archive.
- 'Exceptionally generous' sick pay fuelling NHS 'sick leave epidemic' with equivalent of 80,000 health service workers lost each year to illness absence - costing taxpayers £4.6billion
The NHS is facing a 'sick leave epidemic' attributed to 'exceptionally generous' sick pay, resulting in the equivalent of 80,000 health service workers lost annually to illness absence, costing taxpayers £4.6 billion.