Over 2 million people are sick and disabled and have been unable to work for 6 months or more.
Someone has a heart attack every two minutes.
Because of sickness, 1.3 million people have been unable to work for the past 2 years.
The current level of State Invalidity Benefit is less than £4000 per annum. Of those who may wish to claim SIB only 30% are eligable.
Almost everyone has a relative or friend who has suffered from a major, possibly fatal, illness.
One in 10 males aged 30 will contract Cancer before the age of 65.
One in 6 males aged 30 will suffer a Heart Attack before the age of 65.
Over 100,000 people a year in the UK suffer a Stroke. 70% of these people will be alive a year later.
As medical techniques advance, more and more people are surviving serious illness. 75% of male Heart Attack sufferers under 45 survive three years or more.