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The Keep Britain Working review has shed valuable light on the number of working-age adults in the UK falling out of work due to ill health (Fixing Britain\u2019s worklessness crisis will cost employers \u00a36bn a year, report says, 5 November). As part of this, we should also specifically acknowledge the impact of women\u2019s health issues and the role of employers in addressing these.<\/p>\n
In a report by the NHS Confederation in partnership with our foundation, we found that an estimated \u00a311bn is lost annually due to absenteeism for gynaecological conditions alone. And earlier this year, our research found that 15% of women report having to change to part-time work and 14% have had to quit work due to women\u2019s health conditions. Furthermore, 32% of women reported that they aren\u2019t receiving enough support for their health issues from their employers.<\/p>\n
It is therefore essential that employers take action as a matter of urgency. For too long, women have faced persistent inequalities in their career aspirations, and a lack of support for reproductive health issues is one such barrier.<\/p>\n
It is positive to see that the review has highlighted the impact of ill health of the UK\u2019s workforce, and its recommended investment from employers could prove transformational. We also welcome the government\u2019s plans to renew the women\u2019s health strategy, which could provide employers with the guidelines they need to better support women\u2019s health in the workplace. These two commitments together could truly boost the UK\u2019s economy. Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong>email<\/em><\/strong> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong>letters<\/em><\/strong> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Keep Britain Working review has shed valuable light on the number of working-age adults in the UK falling out of work due to ill health (Fixing Britain\u2019s worklessness crisis will cost employers \u00a36bn a year, report says, 5 November). As part of this, we should also specifically acknowledge the impact of women\u2019s health issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[37,2052,694,1214,1296],"class_list":{"0":"post-32771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-pays","10":"tag-support","11":"tag-womens","12":"tag-workplace"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prof Geeta Nargund<\/strong>
Founder, Create Health Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n