The world’s third largest employer is set to save 3.4 million working days – equivalent to 14,900 staff or £555 million – a year.
But there is, of course, a catch.
The employer is the NHS, said to rank only behind the Chinese army and the Indian railways in terms of staff numbers. The headline savings figures are taken from the Boorman report into the health and well-being of NHS staff, commissioned by the Department of Health.
The catch is that the NHS needs to take on board Dr Boorman’s 20 recommendations designed to improve staff health and well-being. But with so many other pressures on the Health Service will that ever happen?
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development also points out that there are no specific recommendations on how to improve absence management policy and practice.
So will things change for the better? Don’t hold your breath!
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