All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 231
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OpinionMichael Jenkins: Empower staff to work in a healthy way to support cardiovascular health
In a world where we are increasingly exposed to longer working hours, reduced time for exercise, an increased sugar intake and weight gain, focusing on health in the workplace could not be more important.The Circulation Foundation, the charity affiliated to the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, is committed ...
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Case StudiesRSK supports heart health and wider wellbeing through staff pedometer challenges
In February 2015, environmental consultancy RSK launched an employee pedometer challenge to encourage staff to stay active as part of Healthy Heart Month. The challenge, which saw 50 teams of five employees achieve a total step count of 62,624,561 over the course of the month, ran alongside a range of ...
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AnalysisHow to support cardiovascular health in the workplace
Need to know:Encourage staff to adopt healthy behaviours to help reduce the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.Raise awareness of heart health and ensure staff feel able to engage with the health interventions available to them.Support for employees returning to work after a cardiac event should take into account both ...
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The benefits of health screening
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkThis time last year I went for my first ever health screening. I was 43 and painfully aware that, although I had lost a lot of weight, started exercising a year to two before and ate fairly well, I hadn’t always treated ...
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The benefits of cycle-to-work schemes
By Sally Duckworth, CEO, You At WorkI’ve owned nine bikes while living in London – eight of them have been stolen.I’m also painfully aware that cycling can be dangerous (traffic); uncomfortable (too hot, too cold, too wet); and inconvenient (it’s hard to carry a business suit to work without creasing ...
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Article74% believe traditional working environments detract from a healthy lifestyle
Almost three quarters (74%) of respondents believe traditional working environments detract from a healthy lifestyle, according to research by teleconferencing organisation Powwownow.Its survey of 2,000 employees also found that a third (33%) of respondents would like an on-site gym in their workplace.The research also found:28% of respondents would like access ...
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ArticleING Financial Markets achieves 95% take-up of global wellbeing programme
ING Financial Markets, part of global banking organisation ING, has achieved a 95% take-up rate for its new wellbeing programme, which launched in March 2017.The Wellbeing Quotient (WQ) programme, which is available to 350 ING Financial Markets' sales employees across 30 countries, is designed to help staff actively manage their ...
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ArticleCentrica and RBS shortlisted for best healthcare and wellbeing benefits
Centrica, RBS, Royal Mail Group, and Saint-Gobain are among the organisations that have been shortlisted in the best healthcare and wellbeing benefits, large employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.This award, sponsored by EmbryoCare, celebrates the most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategies that have been implemented by organisations with ...
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How to fine-tune SMART employee wellbeing goals
by Lucy Tallick, head of wellbeingWhether we are in a management role or simply planning our short- or long-term strategy, goal setting is absolutely essential in motivating our employees and creating an environment where we can all succeed.Here at Reward Gateway we love all things Smart. We have SmartHub, SmartSpending, ...
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How to explain the return on investment on an employee wellbeing programme
Throughout my time in Reward Gateway, I have made it my mission to talk to as many of our valued clients about their employee wellbeing strategies, what their goals are and what they are looking to achieve in employee wellbeing.This story in particular sticks with me, I was in a ...
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Innovation: a new way of looking at employee behavioural health
by Lori Block, principal and west region client technology leader, engagement practiceAround the world the concept of Innovation Imperative is shaping how companies use new technology while maintaining connections to their customer experiences. The way we purchase and consume groceries, movies, automobiles, travel and more are being personalised and changed ...
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Health Shield launches new and improved health and wellbeing benefits
As part of its commitment to help even more companies improve employee wellness and productivity, award-winning health cash plan and wellbeing provider Health Shield has announced a raft of new and improved health benefits.From early diagnostics, detection and screening services to rehabilitation and the extension of home care support to ...
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Case StudiesHywel Dda University Health Board helps staff fund everyday health needs
Hywel Dda University Health Board is responsible for providing healthcare services to around 384,000 people across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It also cares about the health and wellbeing of its 10,000 employees, having introduced a Health Shield-provided cash plan in 2013 to help staff fund their everyday health needs.Andrea Thomas, ...
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ArticleWhat are the latest trends in the health cash plan market?
Need to know:Claims apps make it easier to use a health cash plan, pushing up claims volumes but delivering greater benefit to employees and employers.Virtual GP services are the latest benefit addition, responding to long waiting times to see a local doctor.Some cash plan providers have absorbed increases in insurance ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Virgin Care achieves 10% take-up of wellbeing platform
EXCLUSIVE: Health and social care organisation Virgin Care has achieved a 10% take-up rate for its new online health and lifestyle platform for staff, which launched in January 2017.The online platform, MyWellness, aims to support the mental, physical and social wellbeing of the organisation's 7,000 employees. It is divided into ...
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Article48% have access to workplace wellbeing tools
Nearly half (48%) of respondents are offered tools by their employer that are designed to promote wellbeing in the workplace, according to research by Robert Half.Its The secrets of the happiest companies and employees report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults who work on a full or part-time basis, also found ...
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The key benefits of having a workout buddy at work
by Nick Hudson, head of physical activityI recently presented you with the demoralising statistic that only 10% of people stick to their New Year’s Resolutions. We’re just a couple months into 2017 so hopefully your employees won’t have become part of these numbers yet, but the realistic part of me ...
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Video – how to encourage more physical activity at work
by Nick Hudson, head of physical wellbeingAs the seasons change, it can be tough to know what sort of exercise to take part in. But research has shown – no matter what the weather – that there’s a huge benefit to exercising outdoors. So whether you’re fighting off the last ...
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Measuring the value of your employee wellbeing initiative
Employee wellbeing is on everyone’s minds, but what’s it really doing? Watch an interview with the Reward Gateway wellbeing team on how to properly calculate your own employee initiative ROI, and how to look at the ‘intangible’ VOI (value on investment), too.Click here to watch the video.
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Article137.3m working days lost due to sickness or injury in 2016
An estimated 137.3 million working days in the UK were lost due to sickness or injury in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Sickness absence in the labour market: 2016 report found that minor illnesses, such as colds and coughs, were the most common reason for sickness ...