The number of people leaving the workforce due to long term sickness is at its highest since the 1990s, a report suggests.
Adults economically inactive due to ill-health rose from 2.1m in July 2019 to a peak of 2.8m in October 2023, said the Resolution Foundation.
It is the “longest sustained rise” since 1994-1998, when records began.
It is the “longest sustained rise” since 1994-1998, when records began.
The Foundation’s report comes after the ONS said more than a fifth of UK adults were not looking for work.
People at either end of the age spectrum had the highest proportion of those out-of-work due to ongoing illness, the Foundation’s report said.
“Younger and older people together account for nine-tenths of the rise in overall economic inactivity, which could have serious effects both on individual’s living standards and career paths,” said Louise Murphy, senior economist at the Foundation.
The rise in long-term sickness leaves the UK as the only G7 economy not to have returned to its pre-pandemic employment rate, according to the Foundation.
However, it did add that inactivity figures fell slightly to 2.7 million in December 2023.
The number of people leaving the workforce due to long term sickness is at its highest since the 1990s, a report suggests.
It is the “longest sustained rise” since 1994-1998, when records began.
Adults economically inactive due to ill-health rose from 2.1m in July 2019 to a peak of 2.8m in October 2023, said the Resolution Foundation.
The Foundation’s report comes after the ONS said more than a fifth of UK adults were not looking for work.
It is the “longest sustained rise” since 1994-1998, when records began.
It is the “longest sustained rise” since 1994-1998, when records began.
The Foundation’s report comes after the ONS said more than a fifth of UK adults were not looking for work.
People at either end of the age spectrum had the highest proportion of those out-of-work due to ongoing illness, the Foundation’s report said.
“Younger and older people together account for nine-tenths of the rise in overall economic inactivity, which could have serious effects both on individual’s living standards and career paths,” said Louise Murphy, senior economist at the Foundation.
The rise in long-term sickness leaves the UK as the only G7 economy not to have returned to its pre-pandemic employment rate, according to the Foundation.
However, it did add that inactivity figures fell slightly to 2.7 million in December 2023.
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