We must 'build back better' on workplace health

Eye-watering cost of ill health You might be surprised to learn that ill health that prevents us from working was already such a big problem that, in normal times, it cost our economy that much every single year - around the same as the total bill for HS2 or more than three times the lifetime cost of the UK's new fleet of Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines. Many businesses, having turned to government-backed credit or become reliant on state support for furloughed staff, may be in dire straits and simply not have the bandwidth to continue to prioritise this vitally important issue over the coming years. Available at: https://assets. publishing.service.gov.uk/government/ uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ file/815944/health-is-everyones-businessproposals-to-reduce-ill-health-related-jobloss.pdf *Public Health England (October 2020).