The equivalent of 75,000 staff are lost to illness, as the absence rate jumps 29% since before the pandemic.
Figures for 2022 show an absence rate - the proportion of days lost - of 5.6%, meaning the NHS lost the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff to illness.
Big rises were also seen in cold, coughs, infections and respiratory problems, likely to be linked to the continued circulation of Covid as well as the return of flu last year. Nuffield Trust senior fellow Dr Billy Palmer said: "The health service is grappling with a difficult new normal when it comes to staff sickness leave.
The Nuffield Trust warned it was likely to be an undercount of the true figure as not every absence would have been recorded.
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