Staff sickness

Response

Question 1

The table below provides the total number of sickness days taken by Police Officers, Police staff and PCSOs for 2025.

Please note that the staff croup relates to when the sickness absence started and not a person’s current staff group.

	Police Officer	Police Staff	PCSO
Total Sickness Days	33859.14	28532.14	2842.16

Question 2

The table below provides the number of Officers and Police staff who have taken sick leave in 2025, recorded under the subcategories of ‘Shock’ or ‘Stress’, within the broader category of ‘Psychological Disorders’.

Staff Group	No. People
Police Officer	308
Police Staff	242
PCSO	31
Total	581

Question 3

The table below provides the number of Police Officers and Police staff who have taken sick days recorded under the subcategory of ‘Mental Illness’ within Psychological Disorders.

Staff Group	No. People
Police Officer	49
Police Staff	42
PCSO	2
Total	93

Please note that the figures provided above only includes the illness description ‘Mental Illness’, we have excluded all other ‘Psychological disorder’ absences.

Below we have provided a list of the subcategories that may be recorded under Psychological Disorders. Please let us know if you require the number of days Police Officers and Police staff have had for any or all of these further categories.

Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Nervousness

Bereavement

Depression

Eating Disorders

Insomnia

Mental Illness

Shock

Stress