Having read the statistics (Oxford Mail, July 6) for absence through sickness of local council employees (on average, more than seven days per year) I realise how fortunate I have been to miss only 12 days (five of them through a self-inflicted sports injury) in more than 40 years of employment.
I can only assume that the local councils have been unfortunate in their selection of staff, and that it is not a statistic that applies to the health of the nation as a whole.
IAN LOUGH-SCOTT Upper Heyford
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