Campaign charity Rest Less says figures illustrate not only a national health issue but an economic one
The data compared reasons for economic inactivity by age group in July-September 2019 and July-September 2022of the 2.8 million people out of work because of long-term sickness, nearly 60% were aged over 50. In total, almost 40% of economically inactive 50 to 64-year-olds were out of work because of long-term sickness.
A rise in long-term ill health has significantly reduced the size of the UK’s potential workforce across all ages since the pandemic. But it is a particularly large driver of the reduction in available workers in their 50s and 60s, with the number of 50- to 64-year-olds economically inactive – neither working nor job-hunting – up by 375,000 since Covid struck.
Since the pandemic, the NHS has struggled to keep up with demand, and waiting lists for routine operations have surged, hitting a record
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