2.7 million UK working-age adults are too sick to work, marking the longest sustained rise in long-term sickness since the 1990s.
2.7 million UK working-age adults are too sick to work, marking the longest sustained rise in long-term sickness since the 1990s and leaving the UK as the only G7 economy not to have returned to its pre-pandemic employment rate, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank. The economic inactivity due to long-term sickness has increased annually since July 2019, heavily affecting younger and older individuals, potentially causing serious implications on living standards, career paths, NHS, and welfare spending.
March 22, 2024
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