Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 - I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the following: I
n the last three years, how many members of staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health?(Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)
1a) Can you provide a breakdown of specific mental health reasons/conditions for example, anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, work-related stress? (Broken down by year)
Please see a recently published response FOI 4716 / October 2024 / Mental Health
Question 1b - Of those that had taken time off due to mental health, how many subsequently left the service? Broken down by year.
This information is not recorded as a reason for leaving ECFRS.
Question 2 - Are you able to provide an estimated cost of absences (of any kind including for mental health) to the service in the last three years (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24)?
This information is not recorded.
We hope you find this information useful.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essex- fire.gov.uk).
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.