A request for information about staff on long-term stress leave during the last year – 18110
Ref: FOI/18110
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST
I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested on 25th July 2018.
Please find below a summary of our findings.
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request data on the number of fire and rescue staff on long-term stress leave during the last year for which figures are available, as well as the total number of days they were on stress leave for, both broken down by staff category, if possible to include without incurring unreasonable cost or time effort for you.
Reply
| Support | Fire Control | Uniformed | |
| No of people | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| Duty Days | 300 | 0 | 681 |
| Total Days | 418 | 0 | 1293 |
To confirm, long term sickness is 28 days or more.
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