All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 227
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Royal Mail Group receives 1,200 orders for car salary sacrifice scheme
Royal Mail Group has seen staff place 1,200 orders for cars after launching a salary sacrifice car scheme in March.It launched its My Drive scheme, which employees can take up at any time and is provided by Zenith, in conjunction with the launch of its flexible benefits plan, branded My ...
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ArticleBarclays uses inclusive working culture to create wellness campaign
Barclays have used a dynamic working initiative and mental health campaign to help formulate a succinct wellness programme for staff.The ‘This is Me’ campaign focuses on mental health and disability, while the dynamic working initiative combines flexible working and citizenship to help support staff to create a fluid work-life balance. ...
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Article40% believe workplace stress could be reduced if organisations recruited more staff
Just under half (40%) of respondents believe that stress in the workplace could be lowered if employers hired more people, according to research by MetLife Employee Benefits.The Building resilience in the workplace report, which surveyed 1,052 full time employees over the age of 18, also found that 46% of respondents ...
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ArticleCisco takes part in team relay triathlon for Sports Relief
Cisco UK and Ireland will compete in the Leaderboard charity team relay triathlon this weekend to raise funds for Sports Relief.Led by Cisco UK and Ireland's chief executive Phil Smith, 30 UK chief executive officers and up to 1,000 participants from various organisations will meet at Eton Dorney Lakes on ...
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Case StudiesDental cover gives BNP Paribas a competitive edge
Working in a competitive sector, financial organisation BNP Paribas UK knows it needs to have a compelling benefits proposition to compete for and retain talent.The organisation offers employer-paid private medical insurance (PMI) to all employees and their families, and has adopted a similar approach to dental cover. Thomas Hiles, group ...
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OpinionDr Nigel Carter: Employers can help raise awareness of oral health among staff
An unhealthy workplace, physically and mentally, normally equals time off work and lost productivity. Thousands of people miss work because of their oral health every year.Frustratingly, most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good oral health routine. Despite this, research conducted by the Oral Health Foundation in ...
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AnalysisWhat oral health can reveal about an employee's health and wellbeing
Need to knowRegular dental check-ups can prevent oral health issues but also identify other problems, such as diabetes, heart disease and even mouth cancer.Facilitating access to dental checks can also reduce staff absence levels and engage employees with their health.Employers have been reluctant to fund this but this is slowly ...
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ArticleHightown Housing Association opens on-site gym for staff
Hightown Housing Association has opened an on-site staff gym at its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead.The gym is free for employees to use on their lunch break, as well as before and after work.The organisation, which employs more than 600 members of staff, aims to enhance employee wellbeing and work-life balance ...
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OpinionAmy Anstey: Putting wellbeing to work
At Lloyd’s of London, we have a deep commitment to promoting the health and wellbeing of our employees. We know that a healthy, fit and committed workforce is better able to achieve their own objectives and help us to meet our business goals.We partner with our health benefit providers to ...
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Article37% do not trust employers not to use wearable technology data against them
More than a third (37%) of respondents do not trust their employer not to use the data from wearable technology against them in some way, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its survey of 2,370 UK employees also found that 55% of respondents would use wearable technology in the workplace and ...
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ArticleCapita sees 200% increase in engagement with health and wellbeing campaign
Capita achieved a 200% increase in employee engagement with its health and wellbeing campaign following a four-week engagement initiative.In November 2015, the organisation launched its Health and Body MOT campaign with the aim of engaging staff with their wellbeing and driving take up of the health screening available to them ...
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Supplier article
Carer friendly: time for employers to wake up?
Over the years we have written extensively on the subject of working parents and childcare on this blog. For this we make no apology, as this topic is often under-reported and the impact on employer and employee alike is often not fully appreciated. For more on this topic please see ...
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Article41% report increase in long-term sickness absence in manufacturing sector
More than four in ten (41%) employer respondents in the manufacturing sector reported an increase in long-term sickness absence in the last two years, according to research by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and Jelf.The EEF/Jelf Sickness absence survey 2016, which surveyed 306 organisations in the manufacturing sector, also found that ...
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Article86% go into work with an infectious illness
More than eight in 10 (86%) respondents will go into the workplace with an infectious illness, according to research by GP video consultation service Pushdoctor.co.uk.Its survey of 1,014 UK employees also found that 88% of respondents feel uncomfortable phoning in sick when ill.The research also found:Almost a quarter (24%) of ...
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OpinionNina Goad: Sun awareness education is first step to preventing excessive UV exposure
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK. Each year there are 250,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer and 13,000 new cases of melanoma skin cancer within the UK, and these statistics are rising.UV radiation, as found in sunlight and sunbeds, is a well-known cause ...
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Case StudiesA-one+ advocates sun safety through summer health campaign
Integrated highways service and solutions provider A-one+ employs more than 1,000 people carrying out maintenance, incident response and engineering projects on behalf of Highways England. With so many of its employees working outdoors, it launched a summer health campaign in 2015. Emma Hughes, network intelligence technician and lead health advocate ...
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AnalysisWhat to include in a workplace summer health campaign
Need to knowEmployers can promote sun safety and help employees hydrate; dehydration causes headaches, dizziness and can affect performance.Employers can take advantage of the good weather to encourage employees to get active outdoors.They can flag up country-specific advice and GP helplines to help employees stay healthy on holiday.Warmer weather, longer ...
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Article52% never leave the office at lunchtime
More than half (52%) of respondents never leave the office at lunchtime, according to research by the National Charity Partnership, a collaboration between the British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK, and Tesco.The survey of 2,000 employees also found that 24% of respondents regularly work through their lunch breaks.The research also found:32% ...
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Supplier article
Strong results from BHSF
Birmingham-based BHSF, the health and wellbeing business, has seen strong growth again in 2015. Total revenue across the Group grew by 6.2% and the bottom line was a strengthening of the group’s reserves by £967,000.BHSF’s health insurance business saw new insurance applications up by 12% and this strong growth has ...
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Supplier article
BHSF acquires Newhall Medical Practice
The Birmingham-based health and wellbeing group, BHSF, has announced the acquisition of The Newhall Medical Practice Limited from 27 May 2016. This is the seventh such purchase by BHSF since 2012 as it seeks to grow its occupational health (OH) division to provide nationwide coverage.BHSF can trace its roots back ...