Description
Post-pandemic concerns about rising rates of long-term sickness among working-age people have been recognised across the UK. But how severe is this issue in London and who is most affected? GLA Economics has published a new working paper that provides up-to-date analysis and data with key findings including:
- London faces a long-term sickness challenge. 920,000, or 15%, of working-age Londoners, have a long-term health condition limiting the type or amount of work they can do.
- One-in-10 employed Londoners report a health condition, leading to around 1 million of work hours lost through sickness absences annually.
- Economic inactivity resulting from long-term sickness has grown in London since the pandemic – but much more slowly than in the rest of the UK.
- The rise of mental health issues among young adults in London has been a key driver of the rise in work-limiting long-term sickness in the capital.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| 33 | https://airdrive-secure.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/london/dataset/long-term-sickness-and-the-london-labour-market/2025-02-24T23%253A49%253A21/Long%20term%20sickness%20and%20the%20London%20labour%20market.pdf | ||
| 0 | https://airdrive-secure.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/london/dataset/long-term-sickness-and-the-london-labour-market/2025-02-24T23%253A48%253A34/Long-term%20sickness%20and%20the%20London%20labour%20market.xlsx |
Tags
- economically-inactive
- long-term-health-condition-(lhc)
- demographics
- ethnic-minorities
- work-limiting-health-condition-(wlhc)
- employment
- mental-health
- labour-market
- long-term-sickness
- part-time-work
- health
- health-conditions
- self-employment
Topics
- ECON
- HEAL
- SOCI