All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 217

  • Toby Garbett
    Article

    UK Power Networks launches wellbeing programme supported by Olympic athletes

    2017-07-11T11:12:00Z

    Electricity distribution organisation UK Power Networks has introduced a wellbeing programme for its 5,700 staff, which features Olympic athletes talking to employees about their physical and mental resilience.Its Your Energy programme, which launched in June 2017 and will run for 18 months, has been designed to help staff enhance their ...

  • Jo Salter
    Article

    54% are not offered health benefits by their employer

    2017-07-07T09:40:27Z

    More than half (54%) of employee respondents are not offered health benefits, such as counselling, health screening, and subsidised gym membership, by their organisation, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its survey of 2,000 full and part-time employees in the UK also found that 23% of respondents think their organisation does ...

  • Article

    Buyer's guide to health cash plans

    2017-07-03T14:26:16Z

    The factsWhat are health cash plans?Health cash plans are a low cost way to provide employees with financial assistance towards the cost of everyday healthcare. Plans offer a set amount of benefit each year for items such as optical and dental care, physiotherapy and specialist consultations, with employees paying for ...

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    Article

    Louise’s lowdown: Breaking down taboos in all aspects of workplace health

    2017-06-29T11:55:40Z

    Tackling taboos around mental health in the workplace is a frequently discussed topic on Employee Benefits. If employees feel unable to discuss mental health or managers feel uncomfortable broaching the topic in an empathetic and helpful manner, then this can hamper efforts to ensure staff access appropriate support.A number of ...

  • Mike Blake
    Article

    54% feel under pressure to return to work early following an illness or injury

    2017-06-29T09:54:29Z

    More than half (54%) of respondents feel under pressure to return to work before they have fully recovered from an illness or injury, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its survey of 1,123 UK employees aged between 18 and 64 years old also found that 47% of respondents believe their ...

  • Tim Scott
    Article

    Tim Scott: How can employers reduce presenteeism?

    2017-06-28T12:19:55Z

    When it comes to staff attendance, much of the focus is often placed on absenteeism and ways to reduce the number of absences or sickness days that staff may be taking.However, this is just one part of the story. Not every employee opts to take the day off work when ...

  • CIPD_RSuff
    Article

    Rachel Suff: How can employers reduce presenteeism?

    2017-06-28T12:18:45Z

    Presenteeism, employees coming in to work when they are ill, has become a serious problem in the UK. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth Absence management survey, published in November 2016, nearly three-quarters of UK employers have observed presenteeism within their organisations, with three in 10 ...

  • ConvaTech
    Case Studies

    ConvaTec utilises employee champions to engage remote staff with health and wellbeing

    2017-06-26T13:15:52Z

    International medical products and technology organisation ConvaTec ran a steps challenge to launch a new health and wellbeing champions programme in 2015.The champions programme, delivered in conjunction with Vitality, aimed to engage ConvaTec's 958 UK-based employees, and in particular its 150 road-based sales representatives, with the health and wellbeing benefits ...

  • Dr Noeleen Doherty
    Opinion

    Noeleen Doherty: Employers need to fulfil their duty of care to remote employees

    2017-06-26T13:14:37Z

    Working remotely has become an increasingly common practice, facilitated by advances in technology alongside the recognition by employers that such flexibility can be both cost effective and efficient.Employers are obliged to ensure they fulfil their statutory duty of care for the physical and psychological safety of all employees, including remote ...

  • Remote health
    Analysis

    How to engage remote employees with an organisation’s health and wellbeing strategy

    2017-06-26T13:13:31Z

    Need to know:An employee-led health and wellbeing committee can help feed back the wants and needs of remote workers to senior leaders, as well as offer ideas on how their wellbeing requirements can be supported.Digital products and programmes, such as activity trackers, can be utilised to ensure remote employees have ...

  • Mental-Health
    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: 16% do not offer any form of mental wellbeing education or support

    2017-06-22T15:22:03Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Just 16% of employer respondents do not offer any form of mental wellbeing education or support for employees, according to research by Employee Benefits and Staffcare.The Employee Benefits/Staffcare Benefits research 2017, which surveyed 271 employer respondents in February-March 2017, also found that a fifth (20%) do not provide any ...

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    Article

    Teladoc to acquire Best Doctors

    2017-06-21T10:04:56Z

    Telehealth platform organisation Teladoc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire medical consultation organisation Best Doctors.US-based health technology organisation Teladoc, which delivers virtual care access via its technology platform, will utilise Best Doctors’ network of medical experts and patient-decision support to offer a suite of online care options. Teladoc ...

  • Pam-Whelan
    Article

    41% offer health cash plans to staff

    2017-06-16T09:25:26Z

    Two-fifths (41%) of employer respondents offer health cash plans to staff, according to research by Simplyhealth.Its Health and wellbeing benefits guide 2017, which surveyed 512 employers and 2,509 employees, also found that 54% of employer respondents do not know what the top three health and wellbeing priorities are for their ...

  • Ambition-Wellbeing-Week
    Article

    Ambition achieves 98% take-up of wellbeing week activities

    2017-06-14T09:59:07Z

    Professional services recruitment organisation Ambition saw 98% of its 34 employees participate in at least one activity during its annual wellbeing week.The wellbeing week, which took place in May 2017, provided a range of employer-funded health and wellbeing themed activities for all employees to take part in, with a different ...

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    Article

    EXCLUSIVE: 79% offer private medical insurance to staff

    2017-06-08T11:02:52Z

    EXCLUSIVE: More than three-quarters (79%) of employer respondents offer private medical insurance (PMI) to employees, according to research by Employee Benefits and Staffcare.The Employee Benefits/Staffcare Benefits research 2017, which surveyed 271 employer respondents in February-March 2017, also found that 73% of respondents offer PMI to partners and dependents.In 2016, 71% ...

  • Cannabis
    Article

    Canadian construction union branch to introduce medical marijuana coverage

    2017-06-08T10:10:32Z

    A local branch of the Canadian construction union Labourers’ International Union of North America (Liuna) is introducing medicinal marijuana coverage into its benefits plan.The benefit is being introduced by Liuna!625, the union's Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent branch, which represents 1,500 members and their families.The new benefit, which has been designed to ...

  • Angela-Middleton
    Article

    MiddletonMurray launches employee steps challenge

    2017-06-06T10:38:59Z

    Recruitment and training organisation MiddletonMurray has launched a steps challenge for its 100 UK-based employees.The 30 Million Steps Challenge, which is taking place across the organisation’s five UK sites, will encourage employees across the business to walk 10,000 steps every day in June to collectively complete 30 million steps.Staff members ...

  • Supplier article

    Best practice advice when tackling mental health in the workforce

    2017-06-05T08:59:03Z

    Awareness of mental health issues and how they can be treated is on the rise, yet it remains a significant problem in the UK, not least for employers.Although mental health issues are said to affect around a third of the population, 40% of employees would not feel comfortable raising the ...

  • healthwellbeingnumbers
    Article

    Health and wellbeing in numbers, May 2017

    2017-05-26T05:00:52Z

    A round-up of some of the key facts and figures relating to employee health and wellbeing:!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script"),d=o[0],r=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=r+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var a=e.createElement("script");a.async=1,a.id=s,a.src=i,d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","//e.infogr.am/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");

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    Article

    Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Holistic wellbeing rises up the agenda

    2017-05-26T05:00:01Z

    As our inaugural Wellbeing Week, in association with Aon, draws to a end, it’s time to reflect on the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.There can be no denying that wellbeing has become big business. How many of you own a cook book or follow ...