Doncaster Hospitals Trust staff took more sick days in December than a year before – as absences across England spike
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Staff at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust took more days off sick in December than they did a year before, new figures show.
The British Medical Association has warned the NHS is facing an "unprecedented crisis", with burnt-out staff unable to work and a lack of investment causing further stress, anxiety, and depression.
The latest NHS Digital figures show the NHS staff sickness absence rate was 6.3% in England in December 2022 – up from 5.4 per cent the month before, and slightly higher than 6.2 per cent a year previously.