Long term illness makes UK 'sick man of Europe'

BRITAIN is the sick man of Europe, claims a report highlighting the soaring number of people off work due to long-term illness.

- Hanna Geissler

Health challenges have reached "historic proportions", the Institute for Public Policy Research said.

Researchers point to a stark rise in people missing from the workplace since 2020, which they warn may grow significantly higher.

They found 900,000 more employees were long-term sick compared with what would have expected had pre-2020 absence trends continued.