Official data has found that 30.8 million working days were lost in 2021-22 as a result of work-related ill health. The data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that there were more than 1.8 million work-related ill health cases – new or longstanding – in 2021-22, with the primary causes of ill health being work-related stress, depression or anxiety (914,000), musculoskeletal disorders (477,000) and exposure to coronavirus at work (123,000). The latest annual statistics also found that new cases of ill health in the workforce cost £11.2bn in 2019-20, which is having a detrimental impact on the economy. Click here for more.
