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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

Labour urged to create ‘national occupational health service’

commuters in silhouette cross London Bridge
Almost 3 million are are economically inactive in the UK, the main reason cited being long-term sickness, in a crisis driven by a surge in mental health issues, particularly for young adults. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to create a new “national occupational health service” funded by a £2bn levy on Britain’s biggest employers to fix a worklessness crisis driven by ill-health.

As Labour battles to bring down record levels of long-term sickness keeping millions of people out of work, the Fabian Society argued that a universal at-work health service could help to keep more people in a job.

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