Trends in absences owing to psychological illnesses in ‘frontline’ and ‘response’ officers in England and Wales

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Table 1. Reports officers who took an absence due to sickness, excluding psychological illness, as a percentage of officers within the function (Q2), including summary statistics and year-year changes in mean expressed as rate of increase/decrease.

Force	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
F01(F,S)	51.2	51.4	64.8	62.0
F02(R,M)	63.1	66.8	79.5	65.6
F03(R,S)	50.7	47.8	78.7	66.8
F04(R,L)	11.2	11.6	23.9	42.0
F05(R,M)	57.7	59.0	80.1	71.5
F06(F,L)	42.0	41.2	54.7	49.4
F07(R,L)	52.5	43.2	64.4	62.2
F08(R,L)	31.9	45.0	58.6	51.5
F09(R,S)	29.5	34.4	58.6	63.0
F10(R,L)	42.0	47.5	57.3	49.2
F11(R,M)	43.3	57.3	67.6	44.2
F12(F,L)	42.6	32.1	39.7	36.8
F13(R,S)	65.5	65.8	75.8	75.5
F14(F,S)	51.5	43.5	56.9	60.8
F15(F,L)	50.3	48.2	61.8	59.5
F16(F,L)	51.2	49.9	64.7	60.3
F17(F,M)	83.6	89.9	74.1	60.6
F18(F,S)	69.7	75.2	83.0	70.8
F19(R,M)	48.7	51.2	71.4	58.1
F20(F,M)	49.2	41.5	37.9	64.5
F21(F,M)	36.4	28.5	42.2	44.3
F22(F,L)	34.0	35.1	46.5	42.5
F23(R,S)	40.2	46.4	60.7	54.1
Mean	47.7	48.4	61.0	57.2
ΔMean		+1.5	+26.0	−6.2
Median	49.2	47.5	61.8	60.3
SD	14.9	16.3	15.2	10.5
Minimum	11.2	11.6	23.9	36.8
Maximum	83.6	89.9	83.0	75.5

Table 2. Reports officers who took an absence due to psychological illness as a percentage of officers within the function (Q3), including summary statistics and year-year changes in mean expressed as rate of increase/decrease.

Force	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	Multiple abs’
F01(F,S)	3.7	4.6	4.3	6.8	10.5
F02(R,M)	11.2	10.9	14.9	19.8	20.1
F03(R,S)	13.1	10.0	13.2	9.8	8.4
F04(R,L)	1.0	3.4	4.9	8.9	3.3
F05(R,M)	8.3	9.9	12.2	15.7	16.4
F06(F,L)	7.7	9.1	11.1	10.8	5.4
F07(R,L)	9.3	8.9	11.7	12.0	11.3
F08(R,L)	7.2	7.9	11.0	11.5	N/A
F09(R,S)	2.3	6.8	11.3	13.4	6.3
F10(R,L)	7.3	5.6	9.7	9.9	5.9
F11(R,M)	6.4	8.3	7.1	8.8	1.3
F12(F,L)	6.4	7.4	9.4	8.3	N/A
F13(R,S)	7.5	9.9	10.7	14.6	9.7
F14(F,S)	7.2	7.8	6.8	8.3	N/A
F15(F,L)	9.4	8.4	10.1	10.8	N/A
F16(F,L)	4.9	4.7	6.1	8.0	15.9
F17(F,M)	7.1	7.6	8.0	8.8	8.2
F18(F,S)	11.2	10.1	8.6	11.8	10.8
F19(R,M)	11.0	8.0	8.3	9.3	7.6
F20(F,M)	13.6	8.4	14.1	14.7	25.1
F21(F,M)	7.3	6.6	7.2	6.6	4.0
F22(F,L)	12.5	12.9	14.9	15.0	12.5
F23(R,S)	1.9	1.8	4.6	5.5	10.8
Mean	7.7	7.8	9.6	10.8
ΔMean		+1.3	+23.1	+12.5
Median	7.3	8.0	9.7	9.9
SD	3.5	2.5	3.2	3.4
Minimum	1.0	1.8	4.3	5.5
Maximum	13.6	12.9	14.9	19.8

Table 3. Percentage of OHR for ‘Frontline’ or ‘Response’ officers attributed to psychological illness as a percentage of OHR across all officers within the Force.

Force	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
F02(R,M)	N/A	12.2	31.3	42.3
F03(R,S)	N/A	74.5	52.7	54.2
F04(R,L)	65.6	60.9	64.0	64.6
F05(R,M)	N/A	43.6	37.4	57.1
F08(R,L)	N/A	44.2	46.8	N/A
F16(F,L)	45.5	48.3	55.4	60.4

Figure 1. Displays the mean percentage of officers that have taken an absence owing to: (i) sickness, excluding psychological illness; (ii) psychological illness.