Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14885

NHS: Sick Leave

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff absences occur in the NHS due to menopause for what figures are available.

Answer

Karin Smyth

NHS England does not publish official statistics on sickness absence due specifically to menopause because menopause is not recorded as a primary sickness absence reason within the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR) sickness absence statistics.The ESR...

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