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Paternity Leave and Sick Leave Stats 2022-25

Reference: 25-26382

Date response sent: 23/12/2025

Details of enquiry

Received 2/12/25

  • Your parental leave policies, including paternity leave and pay and maternity leave and pay. If you have different policies for medical and non-medical staff, please include all different policies.
  • In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members were eligible for paternity leave?
  • In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members took paternity leave, and for how many weeks on average?
  • In the last three years for which you have data, what was the average salary for staff who were eligible for paternity leave? (If it is not possible to provide this, please provide the average salary for all the trust’s staff instead)

For queries 2 – 4, please provide separate data for medical and non-medical staff, but if this is not possible, please provide combined data for both instead.

 

Received 9/12/25

  • The number of staff employed by the trust
  • The total number of days of sick leave taken by staff who took paternity leave in the preceding 12 months
  • The total number of days of sick leave taken by all staff across the trust

 

Received 15/12/25  (Repeat of questions submitted on 09/12/25

  • The number of staff employed by the trust
  • The total number of days of sick leave taken by staff who took paternity leave in the preceding 12 months
  • The total number of days of sick leave taken by all staff across the trust

Response sent

  1. Your parental leave policies, including paternity leave and pay and maternity leave and pay. If you have different policies for medical and non-medical staff, please include all different policies.

The Trust has a single policy which covers Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.  This is attached for your perusal.

2. In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members were eligible for paternity leave?

Paternity leave eligibility relates to all fathers-to-be or partners (including those in same sex relationships) and they are entitled to 2 weeks paternity leave. The same applies in circumstances where a child is being adopted and the parent is not the primary carer.

The NHS provides for an occupational scheme for staff who have 52 weeks complete service, with one or multiple NHS employers, by the child’s birth date.  For staff who do not qualify for the occupational entitlements, there are statutory entitlements that they may be eligible for.

a. Entitlement to paternity leave and pay is dependant upon continuous service. There are three entitlements:

b. The NHS provides for an occupational scheme for staff who have 52 weeks complete service, with one or multiple NHS employers, by the child’s birth date with up to 2 weeks paternity leave, at full pay.

c. Staff with less than 52 weeks completed NHS service but with 26 weeks or more service by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of child birth, the entitlem ent is up to 2 weeks leave, paid at the statutory rate.

d.For staff who do not qualify for either of the occupational entitlements above entitlement is to up to two weeks unpaid paternity leave

  • In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members took paternity leave, and for how many weeks on average?

≤5’ employees took paternity leave for an average of 2 weeks

4. In the last three years for which you have data, what was the average salary for staff who were eligible for paternity leave? (If it is not possible to provide this, please provide the average salary for all the trust’s staff instead)

2022/23   £36,902.60 average annual salary for staff eligible for Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

2023/24   £39,475.88 average annual salary for staff eligible for Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

2024/25   £40,579.29 average annual salary for staff eligible for Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

5. The number of staff employed by the trust

2022/23   831 substantive employees

2023/24   841 substantive employees

2024/25   830 substantive employees

6. The total number of days of sick leave taken by staff who took paternity leave in the preceding 12 months

Zero days

7. The total number of days of sick leave taken by all staff across the trust

2022/23   6,078 sick leave days taken

2023/24   7,823 sick leave days taken

2024/25        8,129 sick leave days t

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