New analysis from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives shows that the number of people economically inactive due to ill health has risen across all UK nations and regions. But a closer look at variations in health and job outcomes across the country reveals persistent inequalities between local areas. In 2020-22, nearly 10% of the total number of people who were economically inactive due to ill health lived in only 20 local authorities (out of 372) representing 4% of the working age population.
