For every 13 people working one person is long-term sick - and economists say it is harming growth.
"I was very independent. I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Now I need help washing my hair," says Flic, who contracted long Covid whilst working as a children's physiotherapist in the NHS.a new record in the UK.The absence of their skills from the workforce is starting to take its toll on productivity - and may start to impact long-term growth, according to economists.
One of the reasons why the UK economy has been doing less well than other developed nations has been the case of the missing workers, after millions stopped working during the pandemic. The ONS points out that rising work-limiting health problems predate the pandemic. In 2016, some 15.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds reported these, rising to 16.4% in 2019. This went up even further to 18.1% of the population in 2022 - roughly 7.5 million people.
"An antibody test confirmed I had Covid and when it didn't go away I realised it was long Covid," she says. "It's completely turned my life upside down." "It tends to snowball as the longer people are out of work the longer it takes to get back into the office. It's a tough cycle to break," he says.
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