FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4728
You asked
Please supply:
1. The numbers of NHS staff testing positive for COVID-19
2. The numbers of Social Care staff testing positive for COVID-19
For the following 3 months periods:
- January 1st 2021-March 31st 2021
- April 1st 2021-June 30th 2021
- July 1st 2021-September 30th 2021
- October 1st-December 31st 2021
- January 1st 2022-March 31st 2022
- April 1st 2022-June 30th 2022
- July 1st 2022-September 30th 2022
- October 1st- December 31st 2022
We said
Thank you for your request.
Our COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) is a household survey that estimates the number of people testing positive for infection and for antibodies in the UK. Our statistics refer to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the population living in private residential households. We exclude those in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments. In communal establishments, rates of COVID-19 infection are likely to be different.
We use the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey questionnaire to collect information from each participant, including those aged under 16 years. We collect information about their socio-demographic characteristics, any symptoms that they are experiencing, whether they are self-isolating, their occupation, how often they work from home, and whether the participant has come into contact with someone who has COVID-19.
You might be interested in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19, UK: December 2022. This analysis considers the likelihood of testing positive by characteristics such as work status, work sector, and work location.
You might also be interested in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey: characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England, May 2021 article, which explores the likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 by occupation.
We also hold the following analysis which looks specifically at jobs in patient facing roles Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19, UK.
If these do not meet your needs, we can discuss providing a bespoke dataset. Special extracts and tabulations of Infection Survey data are available to order from the Health Analysis and Pandemic Insight (HAPI) Customer Services team. Bespoke extracts are outside of the Freedom of Information Act and are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement to costs under the ONS Charging policy.
If you would like further information on user requested datasets, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), formerly Public Health England, may also be able to assist with this request, as they are responsible for NHS Test and Trace. They can be contacted via email at informationrights@ukhsa.gov.uk.
Further information and an overview of data about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights tool.