2023-06-12 06:31:00
The name of leave of absence it is located in historical figures according to data published by the Social Security. In fact, in the province of Gironalast year they were processed 40,575, and 28% more than the previous year, when they registered 31.482. Then, in 2020 they were 24.007 and in 2019, 25.859. In this way, the most prominent jump occurs after the pandemicin 2021, and last year the number continued increasing.
Although it must be borne in mind that there are more workers registered with Social Security and, therefore, proportionally there are more resignations, if we take into account the incidence of temporary disabilities for every 1,000 workers this can also be captured growth meaningful. If we keep this data in mind, they were processed last year 45,44 average monthly leave for each 1.000 workers wage earners. This is a third more than in 2021, when they were processed 34,78 on average In 2020 they were 32,63 and in 2019, 34,61. In this way, in the case of incidence, the highlighted change occurs between 2021 and 2022.
With regard to the average number of days of leave, it remains fairly stable stable in recent years and even has reduced. In 2022 it was from 24,9while in 2021 it was from 28,88 days; in 2020 from 32,63 and in 2019, from 28,64.
One of the reasons for the strong increase in temporary disabilities last year can be attributed to the proliferation of covid-19 cases that occurred at the beginning of last year, after the Christmas holidaysfact that brought the Administration to modify the dispatch system of medical leaves, because the consultations did not have the capacity to attend to the high number of workers affected by the coronavirus who had to stay at home.
Next, although the causes are due to several reasons, union representatives attribute much of the blame to the retard on the waiting lists diagnostics and the top-up of care in primary care.
Mental health and trauma
Sources of the Social Security indicate that an increase is being detected both in the leave linked to traumatological problems like mental health. Rosa Maria Jaumàfamily doctor in bathrooms, corroborates the growth for these reasons and highlights, in particular, that of mental health. “There are more and more mental health problems linked to jobs, especially Stressand they don’t take care of it mutual employment”, laments Jaumà, who adds “the best treatment is for there to be a change in the conditions labor and since this does not occur, the leaves are extended because there are also waiting list in the derivations to psychologist». In fact, he clarifies that the psychologist in his basic area is “overwhelmed”; many groups are made psychotherapeutic and there is a lot of waiting in the attentions individualsespecially between the first and second visit.
With regard to trauma leaves, he explains that “depending on the affect, they can be very long and it is added that it is usually necessary rehabilitation and there is also a long waiting list, which is why the leave is getting longer.’ He regrets that “you cannot force discharges when that patient needs it repose and rehabilitation”.
Sectors most affected
Finally, among the sectors most affected is that of the industry i services. “Any job that involves working in a chain of assembly and weight liftingis always one risc“, explains Jaumà. Finally, with respect to the services sector, remember that casualties in the sector have increased greatly since the pandemic healthcare sector for the “heavy burden of assistance”.
Finally, Jaumà points out that the mutuals should be more involved in the management of leave so that the burden does not fall on the family doctors.
In short, the increase in unemployment can be extrapolated to the entire Spanish territory, according to data published by the Social Security, and last year they beat historical records.
They reiterate that sick leave management is not just for family doctors
As already announced last April, Metges de Catalunya (MC) asks primary care practitioners to “strictly” manage temporary disability notices (IT) arising from their medical activity from this month . The request is based on the current regulations relating to the management and control of these types of processes in the first 365 days of duration, which establish that the leave of absence must be issued by the public service doctor of health that “has made the recognition of the affected worker”. The union demands that each optional professional administer these documents that officially certify the situation of leave. In a recent report, MC emphasizes that “the prescription and monitoring of IT is not an exclusive matter of primary care”, but rather a “collaborative process”. ddg girona
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