Help please. Does anyone know the nhs sicj was policy?

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I’m ill and panicked I’ll be put on sickness monitoring

That was meant to say NHS sickness policy

With both trusts I have been in you had 3 episodes before monitoring was implemented.

you can Google it. I'm not sure if it's same for all NHS trusts but I'm sure it is. you can even Google 'bedford NHS' sickness policy but enter your trust/hospital name there instead.

I’m sure ours is 3 episodes a year before you trigger. Spends a bit on your manager too and why you were off as to the action taken.

I don't think there is necessarily an "nhs" one - depends on your trust.
Some I've know to have 3 episodes in 6 months, 5 in 12 months. Some use the Bradford score.

Even if you are put on monitoring, normally there is a process. First, informal monitoring - should be to check you don't need any extra support to maintain health and well-being / is work causing the issue. are there any patterns etc.

If no issues, then monitoring stops and you carry on. It's ongoing / random day sickness that is really monitored. You could be unlucky one winter and end up being monitored for a few months and it's just one of those things which doesn't go any further after the few months of monitoring.

Thanks all x

Triggering is at your managers discretion. I don't trigger if I'm off for MS.

I think it's different as pp says but in my health board it's 3 sickness absence and a trigger to "informal discussion" to check why sickness is happening, any adjustments to help you return to work. Any sickness after that triggers a 1st formal, 2nd formal and then a 3rd with a hearing. If outside of a rolling year its back to the start.

*Depends, not spends.

In the Trust that I work for it's 4 incidents or 16 days in a 12 month period, this will trigger an informal discussion and a sickness improvement plan. This isn't too severe, it's a chance to have a discussion to see if the incidents are related and if your employer can make any adjustments to keep you well at work or whether a referral to OH would help.
I hope you feel better soon

Thank you all. I think I’m 4 incidents in the year. I keep getting bloody migraines and am just floored by them. I can barely walk as the pain makes me throw up.
Strong pain killers and a dark room with lots of sleep helped x

There's not much point in some of these procedures - when I had one, I asked how I can guarantee not to catch something that necessitated my being away from vulnerable patients again? (I'd had a chest infection where the Lead Consultant ordered me off the premises and practically shouted at my line manager for expecting me in, then flu before my vaccination had taken effect, then another chest infection). Each time I'd been sent home from work, I'd done all the infection control courses, but these were all airborne and most likely from patients anyway.

It might be worth making an appointment with your GP to see whether there is anything else than can be done and getting your eyes tested - if you do end up in a meeting (take your union rep), you can then say you've done that, too.

Have you ever been to the GP about your migraines?

Mine is Bradford
Even if you trigger there are various steps and step 1 is usually informal discussion.
I broke my Bradford score quite badly as I was unfortunate to have gynae surgery for fibroids, a ruptured spinal disc that put me on crutches and needed a spinal injection and a horrible chest infection all in one year!
I was monitored but in my case I could assure them that I had had treatment iyswim. You need to see your GP re treatment options and agree to occ health referral to see if there are any work adjustments that would help. Don’t panic too much because this is procedure and isn’t out to get you.

Varies by organisation. One I worked at was six occasions in six months. Another was a Bradford score over 100 in six months.

Ours is 3 episodes or over 15 days