Poor healthcare is leading to workforce exodus | Letter
We need to invest in public services and places, not blame people for being economically inactive, says Sally Young
A partial answer to your question “Why are so many people leaving the workforce amid a UK cost of living crisis?” (4 December) may be found in your article on the health divide in Britain (Health and wealth divides in UK worsening despite ‘levelling up’ drive, report finds, 4 December).
I live in the north-east of England – the area with the lowest healthy life expectancy. Our NHS, previously excellent and often performing well within targets, is rapidly disintegrating. There are fewer people with private medical insurance and resources to pay for their own treatment.
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