Written questions

Osteoporosis: Sick Leave

Commons · Question 60838 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of sick days that were taken by people with osteoporosis in the last 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 26 Jun 2025

The Department has not collected data over the last 12 months on the number of sick days that were taken by people with osteoporosis specifically.The Office for National Statistics publishes data on the annual sickness absence rates of workers in the Unit...