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1. Sickness absence
The Bradford factor is a formula used by HR departments to calculate the impact of employees’ absences on an organisation.
Q1. Does your Trust/Board use Bradford Factor scoring as part of monitoring sickness absence?
Q2: Does your Trust/Board’s sickness absence policy include a threshold at which sickness absence triggers performance management action?
a. If yes, what is the threshold? (either days absent or, if used, Bradford Factor score)
Q3: Does your Trust/Board’s record disability-related absence separately from sickness absence?
2. Disability Leave
Disability leave is a period of time off work for a reason related to an employee’s disability; for example, to attend hospital appointments or to receive treatment, usually agreed in advance.
Q4: Does your Trust/Board have a disability leave policy?
a. If yes, please provide a link to/copy of the policy.
Q5: Does your Trust/Board offer paid disability leave?
3. Championing disability
Disability champions are people in roles that provide a personal lead and commitment to championing accessibility and opportunity for disabled people within their organisation.
Q6: Does your Trust/Board have the following available to doctors and medical students:
a. A disabled staff/student network
b. A disability champion at a senior/Board level *
c. Disability advocates/champions with lived experience
Q7: Do you have anyone who is employed in a paid role specifically to ensure that disabled doctors receive workplace support?
a. If yes, please provide a brief description of the job role
4. Reasonable adjustments process
Q8: Does your Trust/Board have a reasonable adjustments policy?
a. If yes, please provide a link/copy
Q9: Does your Trust/Board have a centralised budget for making workplace adjustments for disabled doctors/medical students?
Q10: Does your Trust/Board have a single point of contact/centralised process for disabled doctors/medical students to request reasonable adjustments?
a. If no, please provide brief details of how individual employees can make requests for adjustments (e.g. via their line manager)
