Out of work due to long-term illness, a 44% increase

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More than 500,000 under-35s in UK out of work due to long-term illness

‘A 44% increase in just four years’

“More than half a million young people in the UK say they are out of work due to long-term illness, a 44% increase in just four years.

“Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that more than 560,000 people aged between 16 and 34 were economically inactive … in the first three months of 2023 due to long-term sickness …



“The number of people stating they were out of work because of long-term illness also grew in the older age categories …

“Researchers point to a post-[covid event] effect in the number of people out of work because of mental health problems …

“The study also found that 3.7 million people are in work but have a health condition that limits the type or amount of work they do. This is 1.6 times higher than the number before the [covid event] …

“More working-age people than ever – 2.6 million across all groups – were out of work because of long-term health conditions in July, according to ONS data …

“ … [A] separate ONS analysis estimated that 93,000 people aged between 16 and 34 were economically inactive with self-reported ‘long Covid’ [sic] in July 2022.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/24/500000-under-35s-out-of-work-long-term-illness-uk