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<p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur
disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the number of people with a long-term
mental health condition who leave employment each year, regardless of whether they
became unemployed, is available from the 2017 report <em>Thriving at Work: a review
of mental health and employers</em>, an independent review of mental health and employers
by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer. This report estimated that there were around
300,000 such moves in the year 2016-17 in the UK</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>This
estimate was based on quarterly estimates from the two-wave longitudinal Labour Force
Survey (LFS) between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017.</li><li>Each individual in the data is measured
at two snapshot interviews, one quarter apart. The estimate identifies people who
were in employment in the first interview, but not in employment in the second interview.
The data does not capture any movements before or after this quarterly period, or
any short-term moves that may have been reversed between the two snapshot interviews.
It should however give a broad measure of the degree of ‘churn’.</li><li>The estimate
does not capture the reason each individual left employment, which may or may not
have been related to their health condition.</li><li>The annual estimate may double-count
an individual if they have left employment twice in the same year.</li><li>As this
analysis is based on longitudinal survey data, the precision and accuracy of the estimate
can be affected by response errors, sampling errors and attrition bias.</li><li>The
estimate covers people who reported the same health condition in both quarters, and
remained in the 16-64 age group.</li><li>Employment is defined according to National
Statistics definitions, as used in the ONS’s monthly <em>Labour Market Overview</em>
release, in line with internationally-agreed (ILO) guidelines.</li><li>A long-term
health condition is defined as a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting
or expected to last 12 months or more, in line with Government Statistical Service
(GSS) Harmonised Principles. This includes those who are disabled (who report that
their condition or illness reduces their ability to carry out day-to-day activities)
and those who are not disabled.</li><li>Mental health conditions are defined as any
condition reported by survey respondents under the categories “depression, bad nerves
or anxiety” or “mental illness, phobias, panics or other nervous disorders”. People
who report a long-term health condition but do not specify the type are excluded from
this analysis.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Further details are available from the report at
the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thriving-at-work-a-review-of-mental-health-and-employers"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thriving-at-work-a-review-of-mental-health-and-employers</a></p><p>
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