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The Productivity Challenge
Important Sectors: Health & Social Care
CURRENT OVERVIEW
Jobs (2018)
Health & The Health and Social care sector in Barrow is large, accounting for 15% of
Social Care jobs in the Borough, at a higher density than the national average.
Number 4,500 Activity is heavily concentrated in hospital activities, based at Furness
General Hospital, part of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS
% of all jobs 15% Foundation Trust. The fact that most of Barrow’s health employment is
accounted for by the NHS explains the large discrepancy between the % of
LQ vs England 1.2
total jobs accounted for by the sector vs % of businesses.
% Change (2013-18) -10%
The residential and nursing care sub sector also has a highly significant
presence, employing almost three times as many people as a proportion of
Businesses (2019) the local economy than the national average.
Health & Social
Care
LOCAL SPECIALISMS
Number 75 Health & Social Care
% of all businesses 4% Residential nursing care
500 jobs, LQ = 2.8
LQ vs England 1.0 Other human health activities
600 jobs, LQ = 1.6
% Change (2014-19) 0%
Hospital activities
2,000 jobs, LQ = 1.4
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