All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 155

  • Thomsons
    Supplier article

    Supporting your remote workforce in unprecedented times

    2020-06-09T10:41:35Z

    Working in isolation for a prolonged period can be taxing both mentally and physically, making it more important than ever that employers are visibly and effectively supporting their people. However, for more than 50% of companies, the mass working from home experiment that we now find ourselves in presents unchartered ...

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    Opinion

    Colin Barnes: How will benefits, wellbeing and employee expectations change as we reshape in a post-Covid-19 world?

    2020-06-09T05:00:10Z

    It goes without saying that Covid-19 has forced immense change.Although there is some degree of uncertainty over how the workplace will look once the pandemic has finished, there are some key areas emerging where we are predicting great change. We have defined four key phases which business will go through: ...

  • Chiltern-Meadows
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    Going above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Chilton Meadows

    2020-06-08T23:00:50Z

    “Going above and beyond is something that comes naturally to the staff team at Bupa’s Chilton Meadows Care Home in Stowmarket Suffolk,” says Home Manager, Tania Thompson, who has been nursing for three decades and working at the care home for the last three years.“The team’s priority is keeping residents ...

  • Attracting-Retaining
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    Busy Bees Benefits: Attracting & Retaining Staff Without Straining Your Finances

    2020-06-05T13:10:34Z

    As a small business owner, you are constantly faced with the question of how to stay competitive with your larger counterparts? After all, in every aspect of running a business, staying competitive can be difficult for smaller companies. How, specifically, can you attract and retain employees at the same level?However, ...

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    Article

    35% of employees continue to work while sick

    2020-06-05T10:52:42Z

    Just over a third (35%) of employees have continued to work from home while being unwell, according to research by Canada Life.Its research, involving 2,000 working adults, and 500 small-to-medium business (SME) decision-makers, also found that two in five (40%) did not feel their illness was serious enough to take ...

  • WFH
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    Protecting mental health while working from home

    2020-06-05T09:24:54Z

    Since the UK – and now, much of the world – moved into a state of ‘lockdown’ following the Covid-19 outbreak, mental and emotional wellbeing (which includes mental health) has come even more to the forefront for workplaces. It seems, just as organisations began tackling mental health, a new pandemic ...

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    Exercise among employees is for life, not just lockdown

    2020-06-05T08:09:06Z

    An active workforce is not just healthy: studies show that it is also more productive, more engaged and - most importantly – happier. Employers are in a unique position to positively influence engagement in physical activity by their staff and, encouragingly, recent Deloitte research showed that 78% of employers are ...

  • Back
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    8 Ways to Relieve Back Pain

    2020-06-04T12:58:20Z

    Back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and can be made worse by sedentary lifestyles. A combination of sitting in front of a computer all day with a lack of exercise is a perfect storm. However, simple lifestyle changes can help to ease aches and ...

  • Covid-19 has worsened the mental health for 43% of employees
    Article

    65% of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health

    2020-06-04T10:22:29Z

    Just under two-thirds (65%) of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its survey of 6,000 employees found this was up by 9% from its previous survey in 2018, which found that just over half ...

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    Article

    Ian Hodson: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?

    2020-06-04T05:00:47Z

    At the University of Lincoln, we are certainly preparing all our responses to have longevity as well as meeting the short-term needs.At face value, nothing has changed since we went into lockdown other than controlling the spread through lockdown and social distancing, therefore, we have to believe that as restrictions ...

  • Ilan Kelman: Are employers preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
    Article

    Ilan Kelman: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?

    2020-06-04T05:00:19Z

    Lockdown in the UK for over two months has saved thousands of lives, while imposing a heavy burden on employers and employees. Imagine this situation as an irregular cycle. Who is preparing and can we actually prepare?To avoid repeating the horror of tens of thousands of deaths from Covid-19 (Coronavirus), ...

  • Leominster
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    Going above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Leominster

    2020-06-03T23:00:51Z

    It wasn’t going to be a typical day off for two of the carers at Leominster Bupa Care Home. They often give up their free time to help and have fun with the residents they have come to love as part of our care home family, but today was going ...

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    The Dangers of Selling ‘360-Degree Wellness’

    2020-06-03T11:19:00Z

    A thought piece by James Shillaker, Founding MD of Incorpore Limited’I have an objection to the term ‘360-degree wellness’.At best, the term has no clinical validation whatsoever. It is simply management jargon. At worst, it could be marketing a misleading message and preventing people from accessing more accurate clinical help. ...

  • Natasha Broomfield-Reid: Promoting employee wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown
    Opinion

    Natasha Broomfield-Reid: Promoting employee wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown

    2020-06-03T05:00:59Z

    As the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forces many to continue to work from home and others to accept furlough, a proactive, well-planned approach to employee wellbeing could make all the difference to employees' happiness, motivation and productivity.Whether this focus comes in the form of a dedicated employee wellbeing manager, or HR ...

  • Aegon UK enhances employee wellbeing programme for 2,000 staff
    Article

    Aegon UK enhances employee wellbeing programme for 2,000 staff

    2020-06-02T10:36:34Z

    Aegon UK has enhanced its employee wellbeing programme by launching a series of wellbeing videos to support its 2,000 staff, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The videos, which form part of the organisation's wellbeing hub, will be hosted by employees and guests vloggers and will feature gardening tips, a cycle repairs ...

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    Analysis

    Where do the parameters of employers' responsibility to wellbeing lie?

    2020-06-02T05:00:57Z

    Need to know: We live in a very open age, but employers must still tread carefully when it comes to employees’ personal lives.Physical, mental and financial wellbeing is all-important to employees' productivity and they will be looking to employers to help in the midst of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employers ...

  • santander
    Case Studies

    Santander offers employees extensive wellbeing support without overstepping boundaries

    2020-06-02T05:00:11Z

    Banking group Santander UK offers its 23,500 employees wellbeing support across four key areas: physical, mental, social and financial.Offering employees access to a wide range of support is how Santander makes sure its staff have everything they need, when they most need it, without straying too far into people’s personal ...

  • Northland
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    Going above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Northlands

    2020-06-01T23:00:18Z

    Deputy Home Manager, Annie Tolici, has been going above and beyond in ensuring residents are safe and secure at Bupa’s Northlands House Care Home in Southampton.Northlands House took the difficult decision to restrict visiting by family and friends in March and since then, the care home has been keeping positive ...

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    How to Tackle and Reduce Stress

    2020-05-29T13:30:38Z

    We all know what it's like to feel stressed and of course it can become overwhelming at times. It’s been reported that over 500,000 people in the UK feel ill as a result of their level of work-related stress. Identifying when and why you're stressed is the first step in ...

  • Incorpore
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    7 Fitness Motivation Tips to Keep You Going

    2020-05-29T13:21:59Z

    We all have days when we wake up and think ‘today is the day’. During lockdown, many of us have plunged ourselves full steam ahead into a fitness regime, which - let's be honest - we've not all stuck to. Don't put yourself down by thinking you have failed, see ...