This is Derbyshire -- DERBYSHIRE police has the highest percentage of officers signed off with stress, figures have revealed. The force reported 30 officers were signed off amounting to 1.64% of their total number, a national newspaper has said. In comparison, the Metropolitan Police - by far the biggest force in England and Wales - reported 101 officers were off with stress, amounting to just 0.33% of their total numbers. The second highest proportion of officers off sick was West Midlands, with 1.58% Figures obtained by the Sunday Telegraph show how nationally nearly 800 police officers are off work on full pay due to stress-related sickness. The newspaper has revealed 787 officers are currently signed off for stress across 35 forces in England and Wales. Th report says: "It means the taxpayer is funding a wage bill estimated at more than £550,000 a week for officers who are suffering stress-related illness, at a time when the total number of officers has fallen to its lowest level in 11 years." Quoted in the article, Phil Mason, Derbyshire Police's head of human resources, said: "We are surprised that our stress-related absences are higher than other police forces, as we do benchmark overall absence with other forces and there has been no indication that our absence levels are significantly higher. "Derbyshire Constabulary offers all staff a full confidential care employee assistance programme, which includes counselling and emotional support. "We offer referrals to our occupational support unit to assist officers with stress-related conditions, recovery and a return to work plan."
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This is Derbyshire -- DERBYSHIRE police has the highest percentage of officers signed off with stress, figures have revealed. The force reported 30 officers were signed off amounting to 1.64% of their total number, a national newspaper has said. In comparison, the Metropolitan Police - by far the biggest force in England and Wales - reported 101 officers were off with stress, amounting to just 0.33% of their total numbers. The second highest proportion of officers off sick was West Midlands, with 1.58% Figures obtained by the Sunday Telegraph show how nationally nearly 800 police officers are off work on full pay due to stress-related sickness. The newspaper has revealed 787 officers are currently signed off for stress across 35 forces in England and Wales. Th report says: "It means the taxpayer is funding a wage bill estimated at more than £550,000 a week for officers who are suffering stress-related illness, at a time when the total number of officers has fallen to its lowest level in 11 years." Quoted in the article, Phil Mason, Derbyshire Police's head of human resources, said: "We are surprised that our stress-related absences are higher than other police forces, as we do benchmark overall absence with other forces and there has been no indication that our absence levels are significantly higher. "Derbyshire Constabulary offers all staff a full confidential care employee assistance programme, which includes counselling and emotional support. "We offer referrals to our occupational support unit to assist officers with stress-related conditions, recovery and a return to work plan."
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