Research has found that one in three people have missed work in the last year because of delays in accessing NHS care.
Opposition politicians said the findings showed that long waiting times and the NHS’s record waiting list were damaging the economy by leaving people too sick to work.
Pollsters Savanta surveyed 2,235 people in the UK this month on behalf of the Liberal Democrats. They found that:
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19% have not been able to go to work because they were waiting for a GP appointment
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15% had to take a long period off work while they waited for treatment or surgery
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12% could not work while they waited for emergency dental treatments
Full story in The Guardian, 20 November 2023