Police officer sick leave 07/2026

FOI Reference: 07/2026

Request:

1. Can you provide the total number of days that were lost to police officers taking sick leave between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2025.
2. Can you provide how many days were lost in sick leave where mental health was cited as a contributing factor between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2025.
3. Can you provide a breakdown of the previous questions 1 and 2, and categorise them into groups regarding age, gender and rank.
4. Can you provide a list of what support services your force provides for all police officers seeking mental health support.

 

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

24703 days were lost to police officer taking sick leave between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2025.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

12387 days were lost to police officer taking sick leave due to Psychological Disorders between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2025.

Please note: Sickness within Dyfed Powys Police is not split into the individual conditions – for example as Diabetic Condition, Gout or PTSD, but overarching categories such as Cardiac/Circulatory or Metabolic (Diabetic Condition), Musculoskeletal (Gout) or Psychological Disorder (PTSD) etc.

Within each of these categories there can be a number of other health concerns – for example within Psychological Disorders category, there are 54 mental health conditions listed.

Psychological Disorders category within Sickness Management System covers sickness absences for the following reasons:

P000 Psychological Disorders - Stress, depression, mental health & fatigue syndromes

Acute stress reaction

Addiction

Alcoholism

Alzheimer's disease

Anxiety disorders

Asthenia

Bereavement

Bipolar disorder

Burn out

Chemical dependency

Debility

Delusional disorder

Dementia

Depression

Drink or drug related absence           

Drug abuse

Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa)

Exhaustion

Fatigue

Fibromyalgia

Grief reaction

Hypomania

Insomnia

Lethargy

Manic / bipolar depression

ME

Mood disorder

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Nervous breakdown

Nervous debility

Nervous disorder

Neurasthenia

Neurosis

Neuroticism

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Panic attacks

Panic disorder

Paranoia

Personal problems

Personality disorder

Phobias

Post natal depression

Post traumatic stress reaction

Post viral fatigue

Post viral syndrome

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychosis

PTSD

Relationship problems

Schizophrenia

Self-harm

Sleep problems

Stress

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Breakdown of Sickness Absence:

	18-34		35-49		50+
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Constable	2682	2930	4148	4998	3340	669
Sergeant	162	122	1562	1003	1215	408
Insp/Chief Insp	4	5	204	43	588	323
Supt and above	0	0	19	28	225	25

Psychological Disorders:

	18-34		35-49		50+
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Constable	1219	1415	1962	2652	1697	334
Sergeant	23	62	1061	409	950	275
Insp/Chief Insp	0	0	98	0	5	0
Supt and above	0	0	0	0	225	0

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

• In-house Counsellors & external associate counsellors including specific trauma therapy
• TRiM – Trauma Risk Management
• Oscar Kilo Crisis 24/7 help line
• Mental health drop in sessions
• OK9 Wellbeing dogs
• Employee Assistance Programme VivUp
• Blue Light Champions
• Chaplains
• Suicide & Sudden Death toolkit
• Wellbeing hub with links to apps including the Staying Alive app
• Oscar Kilo wellbeing hub
• Occupational Health Nurse Advisors & Force Medical Advisor (Doctor)
• Referral to primary care services
• Psychological screening for specialist roles                                               

                                                           

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 15/01/2026)

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