Maintaining high levels of attendance at work is a vital factor in the efficient operation of our services to our patients. The sickness policies provide frame works for everyone as a fair and consistent approach in monitoring and managing absence.
Please find below our policies as well as template letters and guidance.
*Please note there have been recent changes to this policy.
N.B. Template letters and forms are to be used in conjunction with the accompanying guidance documents.
Policies
Toolkit
Forms and documentation
- Absence reporting form
- Self-certification
- Welcome back to work discussion form
- Reasons for Sickness Absence (Health Roster)
- Absence recording sheet
- Short term absence checklist
- Long term absence checklist
- Unauthorised absence checklist
- Informal Counselling guidelines
- Initial Attendance Review Meeting guidelines
- Second Attendance Review guidelines
- Wellbeing action plan
- Record of wellbeing meeting
- Sick leave and Holiday Form
- Phased Return plan document
- Health and Wellbeing passport
- Occupational Health Case Conference Request Form
'How to' guides for managers
- How to Manage Short Term Sickness Absence
- How to Get The Best Out Of An Occupational Health Referral
- How to Conduct an Informal Counselling Review Meeting
- How to Conduct an Initial Attendance Review Meeting
- How to Conduct a Second Attendance Review Meeting
- How to Support an Employee's Sickness Absence During Pregnancy
- How to Apply for Extension to Sick Pay
Template letters
- Invite to wellbeing meeting
- Invite to informal counselling meeting
- Outcome of Informal Counselling meeting
- Invite to initial attendance review meeting
- Outcome of Initial attendance review meeting
- Invite to second attendance review meeting
- Outcome of Second attendance review meeting
- Invite to final formal attendance review
- Invite to final formal attendance review – capability
- Unauthorised absence letter – day 2
- Unauthorised absence letter – after deadline
Useful information
- Injury Allowance Flowchart
- Access to Work, HSE Stress Questionnaire, Resilience Hub and Long COVID
- Financial Support
- Useful Contact Numbers
Health Parking Permits
Trainee Doctor Policies/ Guidance
- Return to Work Toolkit
- Attendance Management Policy
- Attendance Management Toolkit (other specialities)
- Attendance Management Toolkit (GP specific)
If staff and managers would like further tools and guidance for Stress Awareness, please follow the link below to the Occupational Health page.
https://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/onehr/occupational-health/therapies/stress-awareness/