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Online news - 22 June 2009
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Over 3,000 NHS staff in Scotland on long-term sick leave

It has emerged that 3,389 NHS staff in Scotland are on long-term sick leave, prompting Labour to ask the Scottish Government to launch an investigation into the sickness absence levels.

Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon revealed the figures in a parliamentary letter to Cathy Jamieson, Labour’s shadow Cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing, reports the Nursing Times.

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