The NHS Partners findings neatly sidestep the probability of false sickness absenteeism, or 'pulling a sickie', being a component of the 4.6 per cent absenteeism figure ( click here to read the full story).
The NHS Partners findings neatly sidestep the probability of false sickness absenteeism, or 'pulling a sickie', being a component of the 4.6 per cent absenteeism figure ( click here to read the full story).
Vocational employment sickie rates tend to be lower than within other employment and this factor is a probable component of the staggering 435 per cent difference in the report's quoted absenteeism figures between the medical and dental group (1.7 per cent) and the unqualified staff sector (7.4 per cent).
Vocational employment sickie rates tend to be lower than within other employment and this factor is a probable component of the staggering 435 per cent difference in the report's quoted absenteeism figures between the medical and dental group (1.7 per cent) and the unqualified staff sector (7.4 per cent).
Pulling a sickie is nothing more than fraud and a cost the NHS can ill afford. They occur simply because the perpetrator is unlikely to be disciplined and it is time our new raft of NHS CEOs challenged this attitude.
The sickie problem is not just NHS based. I recently presented ABSENCECall, a now proven solution to 'sickies', to a prominent HR director of a sizeable local authority. He dismissed it out of fear the staff would complain that using a service which could identify such fraud would be unacceptable and a betrayal of the trust that existed between workers and management.
The sickie problem is not just NHS based. I recently presented ABSENCECall, a now proven solution to 'sickies', to a prominent HR director of a sizeable local authority. He dismissed it out of fear the staff would complain that using a service which could identify such fraud would be unacceptable and a betrayal of the trust that existed between workers and management.
NHS Partners and NHS Innovations both promote good practice and use of products that work in a Shared Services environment. I personally designed ABSENCECall to meet these requirements and to save substantial part of the identified£3.73m loss. But until management have the courage to address these simple but embedded problems change and excessive overspend will not be seen - and those whose vocation is to work within the NHS will continue to suffer and lose pay rises to their colleague who simply takes time off to sober up.
Andrew Holford,
Director,
ABSENCECall Ltd
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