Health check highlights causes for concern

An audit of Lancashire’s economy highlights in stark terms the challenges the county faces as it looks to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, with health issues of major concern.

The report warns that poor health outcomes are “weighing on” both its economic output and local government services.

And it also highlights how Lancashire has been more affected by Covid-19 than most of the UK, in terms of health and economic impacts.

While the pandemic has impacted all parts of the UK, it has not done so equally. At the end of June 2020, almost 200,000 jobs in Lancashire were furloughed, with some districts ranking among the highest in take up of the scheme