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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’

Commuters at a railway station walking beneath the station clocks
More than 3.3 million adults are expected to become economically inactive by 2035, according to analysis by the RSPH. Photograph: A Room With Views/Alamy

An extra 600,000 people will leave the British workforce in the next decade due to long-term health conditions unless ministers usher in “a fundamental shift” in how employers help maintain staff wellbeing, a report has warned.

More than 3.3 million adults are expected to become economically inactive by 2035, according to analysis by the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), costing the UK £36bn a year.

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