Sickness Absence Categories for Trent HR
| Category | Conditions which would fall within this category |
| Asthma, bronchitis, respiratory | Asthma, bronchitis, laryngitis, obstructive airways diseases, pharyngitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, pneumothorax, tracheitis, any respiratory investigations / surgery |
| Back pain, sprain, strain, musculo- skeletal | Acute soft tissue injury, ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, back (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) pain / injury, chronic soft tissue conditions, dislocations, fibromyalgia, fractures, gout, investigations (X- ray, MRI), ligament / tendon injury / surgery, polymyalgia, prolapsed disc, repetitive strain disorders / RSI, tendonitis, tenosynovitis |
| Blood conditions | Anaemia, blood investigations, blood dyscrasias / disorders, clotting disorders, Hodgkin’s disease |
| Cancer, malignancy | All cancers, biopsy, chemotherapy, investigations / surgery, leukaemias, metastatic (secondary) disease, radiotherapy |
| Cold, flu, infectious diseases | Chicken pox, cold, food poisoning, glandular fever, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, impetigo, influenza, measles, meningitis, quarantine / isolation, infectious disease investigations, viral infections |
| Covid-19 | Use this if you have symptoms of Covid-19 or you test positive for COVID-19 and are not well enough to work |
| Covid-19 (post covid-19 syndrome) | Use when you have had a diagnosis of Post Covid-19 Sydrome or when you have had signs and symptoms that develop during or following an infection consistent with Covid-19 which continue for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis |
| Debility, fatigue | Burn-out, chronic fatigue syndrome, debility, exhaustion, fatigue, family / domestic problems, no illness |
| Diabetes, thyroid, endocrine | Adrenal malfunction, Diabetes, endocrine investigations / surgery, parathyroid malfunction, pituitary malfunction, thyroid malfunction / disease |
| Ear nose & throat, dental | Allergies, ataxia, balance disturbance, ear nose and throat / ENT infections / investigations / surgery, dental extraction / surgery, hayfever, hearing loss, labyrinthitis, sinusitis, tinnitus, tonsillitis, vertigo, vestibulitis |
| Eye, ophthalmic | Eye infections / inflammation, eye injury, eye investigations / surgery, glaucoma, iritis, visual disturbance / vision deterioration |
| Genito-urinary | Bladder dysfunction, G U investigations / surgery, nephritis, prostate disease, renal (kidney) stones, renal failure, sexually transmitted diseases / STD, testicular abnormality, urinary tract infections |
| Gynaecological, obstetric, pregnancy | Breast lump / disorders, fibroids, hysterectomy, gynaecological investigations, infections, menstrual dysfunction, PMS / PMT, post-natal problems, pregnancy related illnesses |
| Headache, migraine, neurological | Bells palsy, blackouts, concussion, congenital conditions, epilepsy, faints, fits, headache, head injury, migraine, Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, neuralgia, neuritis, neurological investigations / surgery, Parkinson’s disease, sleep disturbance |
| Heart, cardiovascular | Angina, arrhythmia, cardiac investigations, cardiac surgery, DVT, hypertension, hypotension, ischaemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, phlebitis, varicose veins |
| Menopause/Peri-menopause | Menopause symptoms such as low mood, anxiety, problems with memory and concentration, headaches/migraines, hot flushes and night sweats, muscle/joint aches, menstrual dysfunction, palpitations, disturbed sleep, insomnia, fatigue |
| Skin, dermatological | Abscess, burns, cellulitis, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, skin infections, skin tumour / lump, skin biopsy / surgery, sunburn, urticaria |
| Stomach, bowel, gastric, intestinal | Appendicitis, bowel disease, bowel obstruction, Crohn’s diseases, diarrhoea, diverticulitis, duodenal, ulcer, dyspepsia, gall bladder disease, gastric ulcer, gastro-enteritis, GI surgery / investigations, haemorrhoids / piles, hernia, IBS, liver dysfunction / disease, poisoning, reflux, pilonidal sinus, ulcerative colitis, vomiting |
| Stress, depression, anxiety, psychological | Alcohol & drug abuse / dependence, anxiety, bereavement, depression, eating disorder, obsessional compulsive disorder, personality disorder, phobia, phobic state, psychosis, PTSD, stress |