Labour urged to create ‘national occupational health service’

Fabian Society argues service could keep more people in jobs and fix worklessness crisis driven by ill-health

Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to create a new “national occupational health service” funded by a £2bn levy on Britain’s biggest employers to fix a worklessness crisis driven by ill-health.

As Labour battles to bring down record levels of long-term sickness keeping millions of people out of work, the Fabian Society argued that a universal at-work health service could help to keep more people in a job.