According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), productivity in the public sector—which is dominated by healthcare and education—dropped between the third and fourth quarters of 2023.
An estimate of the gap was 6.8%.
The whole number of services rendered divided by the total number of inputs (such as salaries and government support) needed to maintain such services is how productivity in the public sector is determined.g.
Since the end of the COVID crisis, the sector has been negatively impacted by strikes; however, the National Health Service (NHS) has been facing increasing challenges in managing backlogs in several critical waiting lists.
The official unemployment rate is approximately 1.4 million, or little over 4%.
