One in 10 adults in Oxford are living with problems with their joints, bones or muscles, new figures show.

The figures come amid warnings about the impact of these conditions on people's wellbeing and employment prospects.

Musculoskeletal health conditions include common ailments like back or neck pain, and issues that impact the joints, such as arthritis.

New figures from NHS England suggest 10.5 per cent of people aged 16 and over in Oxford had a musculoskeletal condition as of 2023. This was below the England average of 18.4 per cent.

In addition, 7.2 per cent of adults in Oxford reported having two or more conditions, with one of them being a problem with their joints, bones or muscles.

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The figures further show 826 people in Oxford had rheumatoid arthritis in Oxford in the year to March, a condition which causes swelling and stiffness in the joints.

On Wednesday (January 10) Labour MP Margaret Greenwood, former shadow work and pensions secretary, told parliament musculoskeletal problems inflict a "terrible human cost", and add to government spending on social services and the NHS.

She urged the government to adopt a cross-departmental strategy to tackle the issue.

A government spokesman said: "We are committed to providing the support people with musculoskeletal and other major health conditions need to find a job that best suits them.

"With inactivity down by over 300,000 since the pandemic peak, our Back to Work Plan will help up to a further 1.1 million disabled people, people with long-term health conditions or the long-term unemployed to look for and stay in work."