All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 239
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ArticleBusinesses estimate a third of staff will struggle past traditional retirement age
HR directors believe that on average 31% of their current workforce would not be able to perform their jobs adequately past the traditional retirement age. Despite this, over half (54%) of businesses expect an increase in the number of older employees within the company.The research, conducted for MetLife Employee Benefits ...
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ArticleCheshire NHS Trust introduces physiotherapy benefit
Chesire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a third-party physiotherapy service to help improve staff health and reduce absence levels. The physically demanding nature of many of its job roles meant many of its 3,500 staff were suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and having to wait more than ...
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ArticleSpeedy Services launches wellness strategy
EXCLUSIVE: Speedy Services has launched an wellness programme aimed at improving the wellbeing of its 2,500 employees.Through the programme, which was launched in June and is provided by Optum, the tools, equipment and plant hire firm communicates a different health-related theme each month.Employees can also access a number of fact ...
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ArticleLearn how Yorkshire Water uses data to aid staff wellbeing
Susan Gee, employee health and wellbeing manager at Yorkshire Water, will speak about the importance of using an organisation’s internal data when developing a health and wellbeing strategy at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Placing prevention at the heart of employee health and wellbeing’, will delve into this internal data, which ...
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ArticleCafcass to share wellbeing and absence strategy
Daryl Maitland (pictured), head of HR strategy at Cafcass, will share a case study about how Cafcass tackled sickness absence at Employee Benefits Live.Maitland said: “We’ve gone from an average of 16.2 sick days for social work staff to seven days.”Maitland hopes delegates will take away an understanding of the ...
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AnalysisHow to identify staff at risk of diabetes
If you read nothing else, read this…Diabetes is rapidly increasing in the UK.Most sufferers have type 2 diabetes, which results from poor diet and lack of exercise.The symptoms of diabetes are hard to detect.Diabetes is the biggest threat to the workforce, according to respondents to the Employee Benefits/Lorica 100 Club ...
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Article68% agree dental benefits help manage absence
EXCLUSIVE: More than two-thirds (68%) of respondents that provide a dental benefit to staff agreed it helps them to manage sickness absence, according to research by Denplan.The Denplan Health and wellbeing survey 2014, which surveyed 488 employee benefits decision makers and more than 5,000 UK adults, found that 32% of ...
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Article47% believe health cover is essential for expats
Nearly half (47%) of respondents believe that health cover for their employees is an essential part of the benefits package when working overseas, according to research by Expacare.Its Anatomy of an international business research, which surveyed 1,000 employers, found that 43% believe that share options are an essential part of ...
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ArticleHealth Management to run Health and Work Service
The government has appointed occupational health provider Health Management to deliver its new Health and Work Service after a five-month tendering exercise.The Health and Work Service, which is to be launched in late 2014 with a phased roll out until the end of May 2015, aims to help employees on ...
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ArticleCost is main barrier to PMI provision
More than two-thirds (42%) of respondents said the main barrier to offering private medical insurance (PMI) to employees is that the organisation cannot afford it, according to research by Bupa.Its research, which surveyed more than 1,000 senior decision-makers, found that 28% of respondents that do not offer private healthcare to ...
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ArticlePSHPC launches absence management service
EXCLUSIVE: Punter Southall Health and Protection Consulting (PSHPC) has launched an absence management service.Healthsmart integrates occupational health, absence management and employee benefits, to help employers get employees back to work as quickly as possible, improve productivity and cut costs.The service, which has been launched to complement the government’s incoming Health ...
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ArticleSick days cost UK employers £23bn a year
Sick days are costing UK organisations more than £23 billion a year, down from £29 billion a year ago, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its research, which surveyed 2,500 global organisations, found that UK employees still take triple the number of sick days than their global counterparts.UK employees take an ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to health screening 2014
In a world of increasing pressure in the workplace, more employees are taking time off to deal with stress and illness. Health screening can therefore be a useful tool for employers to gain an insight into employees’ current wellbeing and to promote health awareness in the workforce.Health screening can be ...
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OpinionJohn Weld: How to engage staff in dental healthcare
If you read nothing else, read this…Oral health is an important aspect of general health.Good dental hygiene can help to prevent tooth decay, gum disease and some cancers. An employee-friendly organisation should encourage staff to brush their teeth at work. Personal oral care is often neglected or is perfunctory at ...
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Case Studies
Wates Group values benefit suitability over return on investment
Wates Group has yet to decide how it will monitor the return on investment (ROI) of the workplace health kiosks it is introducing this year.But Melisa Hanratty, HR programme manager at Wates Group, says ROI is not the programme’s focus. “It is less about money and more about getting something ...
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ArticleEAP counselling cuts inability to cope at work
Employee counselling through employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can help to cut employees’ inability to cope in work, from 51% to 5%, according to research by Capita Health and Wellbeing.Its research, which analysed data on more than 3,500 employees who had used advice and counselling services through an EAP in 2013, ...
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ArticleMills and Reeve extends range of health checks
EXCLUSIVE: Mills and Reeve has extended the range of health screenings it offers to employees and has added a salary sacrifice arrangement to the schemes.The law firm previously offered health screening, provided by Bupa, to employees through its annual flexible benefits scheme.Samantha Neaves, reward and HR information systems manager at ...
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ArticleWorkplace health report: Strategies in practice
Read the digital edition of the Workplace health: Strategies in practiceThe report includes the following articles:Clare Bettelley: Employers’ support for employee health is lackingMusculoskeletal: Keep claims under controlMusculoskeletal: Movement reduces painMental health: This is a boardroom issueMental health: Dealing with depressionWellbeing: Build a culture of wellbeingWellbeing: Money worries need careFinancial ...
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AnalysisHow to optimise private medical insurance's effectiveness
If you read nothing else, read this…Effective use of private medical insurance (PMI) can help to attract and retain staff.Employers can boost the effectiveness of PMI by offering it to staff as part of a holistic health and wellbeing strategy.Claims cost management is a useful PMI feature.There has been a ...
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OpinionIoana Piscociu: Can PMI cope with chronic health conditions?
If you read nothing else, read this…31 million working days were lost to musculoskeletal conditions in the UK in 2013.The most common musculoskeletal disorder is back pain.Inclusive PMI schemes can give staff access to physiotherapy or specialist care.Absence levels in the UK are higher than ever, with employers losing millions ...