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PA Library photo of Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt. A plan to tackle sickness rates of up to 35% and high turnover in call centres is to get Government backing, it was announced today, Saturday 6th March 2004. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said that half of a £249,000 project which will run for two years in the North West will be funded by her department. Sickness and absence rates in call centres are as high as 35% while turnover in some of the offices is 25%. See PA Story INDUSTRY Centres. PA Photos