NHS sick pay

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Please can someone help me find the right answer for this.
A friend had an unfortunate accident last year and she was off sick for 3 months on full pay. After the physiology, some reasonable adjustments and 4 weeks phase return everything was fine. It’s been 5 months and now neurosurgeon wants to operate on her but recovery will be delayed for the long time as she will need (part two) revision surgery . It’s seems she might be off for a year or more.

Would she get 6 months full pay and 6 month half pay? Her children are young so childcare will need to continue. would it help if the neuro surgery is delayed for few more months?
She is band 4 and loves her job and worried that she will lose her job. Thank you.

The 6 months full pay are in a rolling 12 month period.

My understanding of nhs sick pay is if the absences are in the same rolling year (from first absence) that would be the 6 months full, 6 months half pay. So if this is 5 months after the first sickness, she'd likely get 3 months full, 6 months half.

It's worth her seeing occupational health for an assessment and will depend on the sickness policy triggers on how the Trust manage her absence. Make sure she has a copy of the policy, it will have the short and long term triggers plus the management plan, including ending her contract for medical retirement. That would probably be unlikely but if she familiarised herself with the expected process, that would help.

Depending on her role and recovery, she might be able to work adjusted hours at home, or adjusted duties on reduced hours.

Thank you.
She retuned to work on 2nd March this year . If she delays the surgery till April 2024, would she be eligible for full pay for 6 months?

Yes, assuming she hasn't had any other sick leave between her return to work in March and when she has the surgery in April.

She would also need over 5 years of continuous NHS service to be eligible for 6 months of sick pay.

It is all discretionary though.

BIL was on full pay for 2 years when he had cancer, until he eventually took early retirement.

She has been working for 7 years in NHS. She might have been off for a day or two because of the pain.

I echo this, I know someone who had 18 months off on full pay with cancer. They then did a VERY gradual return to work starting with 6 hours a week.