Energy regulator admits vulnerable people are getting ill because they can’t afford electricity

The number of people unable to top up their prepay meters ‘will likely increase as we head into this difficult winter’ Ofgem director admits

Vulnerable people are making themselves ill by cutting off electricity due to “unprecedented prices”, the UK’s energy regulator has admitted.

An Ofgem official admitted to an NHS chief that vulnerable patients are also rationing their energy due to prices and that the situation is only going to get worse.

The admission comes in response to a stark warning to Ofgem from Samantha Allen, NHS chief for the North East and Cumbria, which said the region had seen vulnerable patients admitted to hospital after their energy had been cut off by suppliers.