All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 212
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AnalysisHow to support employees with seasonal affective disorder
Need to know:The symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) tend to be more severe during the winter months.Daylight, exercise and diet are key ways to prevent and treat symptoms.SAD light-therapy boxes mimic sunlight and help to boost moods.Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as the winter blues, tends to affect ...
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How to stay fit over Christmas
Most people tend to gain weight over the festive season and will put their fitness routine on the backburner until the New Year. The British population will consume a shocking 10,000 mince pies a minute over Christmas and 1,240 Christmas puddings will be eaten every minute. Staying active will limit ...
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Nine reasons to encourage employees to exercise this winter
It is easy to go into hibernation mode in Winter and trying to avoid the outdoors. However, it is the most important time of the year to exercise as people spend a lot of time lazing around and eating higher calorie foods. Regular physical activity is always beneficial, it’s never ...
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OpinionTerry Woolmer: Private medical insurance benefits both employers and employees
EEF’s annual sickness absence surveys have consistently shown that employers believe some form of incentive to provide private medical insurance (PMI) for their employees would be beneficial. In EEF's Employee health: Making industrial strategy work for Britain – Health, work, wellbeing and sickness absence survey 2017, published in August 2016, ...
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AnalysisWhat can employers do to make PMI more cost effective?
Need to know:Integrating private medical insurance (PMI) into an overall health and wellbeing strategy can cut long-term costs.Excesses and benefit caps enable employees at every level to have access to PMI with lower overheads.Introducing incentives to improve employee health and wellbeing can be more effective than cutting services.Private medical insurance ...
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AnalysisInfographic: How is private medical insurance (PMI) offered to employees?
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ArticleEarthmiles app to launch to employers
Healthy lifestyle reward app Earthmiles will be launching to UK employers from April 2018.The new app, Earthmiles@Work, will enable employees to earn points for completing exercise either at work or outside the workplace by gathering data from health apps and wearables that employees currently use. The collected points can then ...
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Supplier articleHow to develop a health and wellbeing strategy
Creating a health and wellbeing strategy not only demonstrates care for employees, but it can also result in a healthier, more engaged and more productive workforce. It has been reported that every pound spent on employee wellness results in a saving of £2.50, thanks to reduced sickness ...
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Supplier articleEngaging employees with health and wellbeing
We have access to more information and data on our health than ever before. The news agenda informs us daily on all manner of health issues; what we should and shouldn’t eat, how much exercise to take, the impact of stress on our mental health and of course, the cost ...
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ArticleHealth Shield acquires Medex Protect
Health cash plan provider Health Shield has acquired specialist private medical insurance (PMI) excess and shortfall protection organisation Medex Protect.As a result of the acquisition, Health Shield will be able to add a complementary bolt-on service to its existing range of products, to enable clients to receive refunds for the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mace holds global wellbeing week for 5,300 staff in 12 countries
EXCLUSIVE: International consultancy and construction organisation Mace has held a global wellbeing week for its 5,300 employees in 40 operating locations across 12 countries.The global wellbeing week, the organisation’s first, is running this week from Monday 13 November to Friday 17 November, except in the United Arab Emirates where the ...
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Tips on self-care this Self Care Week
It’s national Self Care Week and Health Shield wants to help by providing you with some more information on what self-care is and how it can benefit you.Self Care Week happens annually and aims to help put a focus on getting support to everyone across all communities and generations. Being ...
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ArticleAviva introduces cancer support service for 16,000 UK staff
Insurance organisation Aviva has introduced a cancer support service for its 16,000 UK based employees.The benefit, provided by RedArc, was launched in September 2017 as part of the organisation’s wider health and wellbeing strategy. It has been implemented in order to provide emotional support to employees that have been diagnosed ...
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Article96% of employers feel responsible for improving employee health behaviours
The majority (96%) of employer respondents agree or strongly agree that they are responsible for improving employee health behaviours, according to research by Aon Employee Benefits.Its UK health survey: September 2017, which surveyed 200 UK employers, also found that 77% of respondents are looking to improve on their existing health ...
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Supplier articleThe top three causes of workplace stress and how to solve them
Our recent Mental Health in the Workplace Report revealed that more than four in ten (42.4%) employees suffer from stress. When we asked them to share the underlying cause of workplace stress; the top three reported reasons were:Increased workload (38.2%)Financial concerns (17.9%)Workplace bullying (9.5%)Given that more than half (55.3%) said ...
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Supplier articleThe #metoo hashtag and the issue of sexual harassment
Kathryn Kendall, chief people officer, BenefexIf you’ve been online in the last week, you can’t have escaped the #metoo hashtag. A hashtag which is trending globally, used by individuals to identify themselves as victims of sexual harassment.Contrary to what you might have thought, the #metoo campaign isn’t new. It was ...
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Supplier articleFour ways to help employees avoid winter illness
Last year 34 million working days were lost in the UK due to minor illnesses such as coughs and colds. It’s well known that colds are more common throughout winter, thanks to everything from seasonal gene changes to fluctuating temperatures. Indeed, one study found two-thirds of sick days take place ...
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Spotlight on cancer awareness
While Movember takes the shine during November, did you also know that it is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month as well?Unfortunately, both lung and pancreatic cancer both have low survival rates, and lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK which is ...
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Focusing on improving male health this Movember
The Movember Foundation has been running its charitable month Movember since 2003 and every year the event continues to grow in popularity. Whilst women raise awareness and vital funding for Cancer Research and Race for Life to make their mark — Movember is a chance for the male population to ...
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Keeping stress levels to a minimum
Monitoring your employees’ stress levels is probably not likely to be at the top of your business’ list of priorities – but being supportive and helping your employees deal with stress can reduce absenteeism and improve employee retention.Today is National Stress Awareness Day. The World Health Organisation says that between ...