BBCNEWS BBC July 3, 2024
Rise in inactivity has by far been the rise in long term sickness. That has been a brake on the economy and prompted the creation of a major back to Work Programme from government ministers. But if ministers were hoping for a rapid turnaround, heres a reality check. The Health Foundation thinktank projects that the number of working age adults suffering from major illness whether diabetes, depression, chronic pain or Heart Problems is actually set to rise significantly over the coming decades, in fact, by an extra 700,000 by 2040. Fran springfield, a nurse for decades, was forced to give up wo...