The health secretary revealed 53,000 NHS staff were off sick in just one week at the start of this year as he hit out at the “unacceptable” care patients received. Wes Streeting said they had ...

Freedom of information requests have shown that Dunbar Hospital in Thurso has the highest rate of staff sickness across the ...

An NHS cleaner fired for taking more than 400 days off sick in four years has received a huge payout of nearly £50,000 by a tribunal after her boss "did not believe" she was disabled. Zoe ...

Pexels Zoe Kitching, an NHS worker battling complex mental health issues, accrued over 400 sick days in four years. Despite this, she successfully won a discrimination case after being dismissed ...

An NHS hospital cleaner who was fired after being off sick for more than 400 days over four years has won nearly £50,000 in compensation. Zoe Kitching had several lengthy periods of sick leave ...

In fact, an NHS cleaner has made headlines ... Sick Pay Regulations of 1982 and the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations of 1985. Employers are also required to observe other "sick ...

AN NHS hospital cleaner who was sacked after being off sick more than 400 days in just four years has won £50,000 in compensation. Zoe Kitching had several lengthy periods of sick leave from 2019 ...

An NHS cleaner was unfairly dismissed despite a ‘wealth of evidence’ of her disability, a tribunal has heard. Zoe Kitching took several periods of sick leave between 2019 and 2023, adding up ...