FOI 764-25 Officer and staff sick leave

Request:

Between January 1st 2024 up to and including December 31st 2024:

1. How many police officers and staff working for your force have taken sick leave of any length due to any mental health condition?

2. How many police officers and staff working for your force have taken sick leave of any length due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

3. How many police officers and staff working for your force have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

4. How many work days have police officers and staff working for your force missed due to the suspected or diagnosed symptoms of PTSD?

Please provide the figures for officers and staff separately.

Response:

Please note, Northamptonshire Police do not record ‘post traumatic stress disorder’ as a sickness reason. The categories would be ‘Anxiety/Stress/Depression/Other Psych’, ‘Anxiety/Stress/Depression/Other (Work)‘, ‘Psych Disord – Trauma’ ‘Psych Disord – Nerves/Depression/Anxiety’.

1. Officers = 675, Staff = 291
2. Information not held
3. Information not held
4. Information not held

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