🚨🚨 Mark Drakeford - ‘The latest figures suggest staff absences from illness and isolation across the Welsh NHS is 8.3%’
FACT CHECK
➡️ 3.6% of staff are absent from work for Covid-19 related reasons ❌
He is including other reasons for sickness which is disingenuous
FACT CHECK
➡️ 3.6% of staff are absent from work for Covid-19 related reasons ❌
He is including other reasons for sickness which is disingenuous
Those staff who are off sick for other reasons should not be included.
Data in England over the past month shows little difference in the numbers of staff absent for non Covid reasons.
There are more staff absent for non Covid reasons than those absent due to Covid.
Data in England over the past month shows little difference in the numbers of staff absent for non Covid reasons.
There are more staff absent for non Covid reasons than those absent due to Covid.
You can see the trend in this tweet with data at statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Heal…
https://twitter.com/statsjamie/status/1479168665778106368
It may well be that total absence is what he said but that’s not what is published on the Welsh Government website for Covid stats.
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