The quantity of people that wouldn’t have a job because of long-term illness has risen to a different document excessive, official figures present.
Nearly half 1,000,000 (464,225) extra individuals had been off work because of long-term illness within the three months from April to June, based on information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
About 2.5 million individuals had been already off because of illness earlier than the quarter.
It got here as NHS England information confirmed 7.6 million individuals had been ready to begin routine hospital therapy on the finish of June, the best quantity since data started in August 2007.
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These individuals are classed as economically inactive, somewhat than unemployed, as a result of they’re neither in work nor in search of work.
While the quantity is one other document excessive, the general fee of financial inactivity fell to twenty.9% of the working-age inhabitants, the ONS mentioned. It’s down from 21% from the earlier three months however nonetheless up 0.7 proportion factors since earlier than the COVID pandemic.
Records within the variety of long-term sick individuals had been reached within the three months as much as April, March, February and January this 12 months.
The lower in financial inactivity through the newest three-month interval was pushed by these aged 50 to 64 in search of work and a fall within the variety of individuals taking care of household or residence.
Large numbers of individuals moved from financial inactivity into unemployment, the ONS mentioned. There was a internet move of 200,00 from financial inactivity to unemployment whereas 103,000 individuals moved from employment into financial inactivity.
Source: information.sky.com”