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91Ó°ÊÓ Foundation Trust

FOI_9077

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9077

Date Request Received: 03/12/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 12/12/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Paternity leave policies and data

Request Category: Private Individuals



 
Question Number 1:
Your parental leave policies, including paternity leave and pay and maternity leave and pay. If you have different policies for medical and non-medical staff, please include all different policies.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Please see attached

To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 New Parent Leave and Pay Policy and Procedure ( Revised March 2025 ).pdf
 
Question Number 2:
For queries 2 - 4, please provide separate data for medical and non-medical staff, but if this is not possible, please provide combined data for both instead

In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members were eligible for paternity leave?
 
Answer To Question 2:
1,106
 
Question Number 3:
In the last three years for which you have data, how many staff members took paternity leave, and for how many weeks on average?
 
Answer To Question 3:
28 Medical
60 Non Medical

Medical 1.8 weeks
Non Medical 1.7 weeks
 
Question Number 4:
In the last three years for which you have data, what was the average salary for staff who were eligible for paternity leave? (If it is not possible to provide this, please provide the average salary for all the trust’s staff instead)
 
Answer To Question 4:
£43,974
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