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Thank you to support from: @arc-gm.bsky.social, @arcnwc.bsky.social @arcnenc.bsky.social, Newcastle Health Research Partnership, @wellcometrust.bsky.social Economic and Social Research Council, @productivity.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social
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The report, was produced by HEN academics from @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @manchester.ac.uk @lancasteruni.bsky.social & @teessideuni.bsky.social

Read the full report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/poor-health-...

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£6.6bn could be added to the economy just by improving mental health in the North East

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➡️ Since the start of the pandemic, wages have increased more slowly in the North – by around £1.90 less per week.

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➡️ People living in the North are two times more likely to lose their job following a spell of ill-health than those in the rest of England.

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➡️ Economic inactivity due to ill health is now 50% higher in the North than in the rest of England. Regional health inequalities explain more than 40% of this gap.
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➡️ Since 2019, economic inactivity rates have been rising ten times faster than the growth of the working-age population. Economic inactivity due to ill-health is now at its highest level since records began.
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➡️ The regional economic divide has increased since 2018, with the total economic inactivity gap growing by 8% and wages by 5%.

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