British Osteopathic Association Response To Today’s Report Highlighting That Ill Health Costs The British Economy Around £103bn

The Department for Work and Pensions is preparing to publish a report by Dame Carol Black, the DWP’s National Director for Health and Work, on assisting people on sick leave to return to work. The report puts the total cost of ill-health to the British economy at around £103bn, with the bulk of this figure (£63bn) being made up of the benefit costs and lost taxes for people who are not working due to illness or disability.

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Filed under: Bones on April 2nd, 2008